Chaenotheca | |
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Chaenotheca chlorella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Coniocybomycetes |
Order: | Coniocybales |
Family: | Coniocybaceae |
Genus: | Chaenotheca (Th.Fr.) Th.Fr. (1860) |
Type species | |
Chaenotheca chrysocephala | |
Synonyms | |
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Chaenotheca is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Coniocybaceae.[1] The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen.[2]: 15 Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.[3] Photobiont partners for Chaenotheca include members of the algae genera Symbiochloris, Trebouxia, Trentepohlia, and Tritostichococcus.[4]
Sanders & Masumoto 2021
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).