Endocena

Endocena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Endocena
Cromb. (1876)
Type species
Endocena informis
Cromb. (1876)
Species

E. buckii
E. informis

Synonyms[1]
  • Chirleja Lendemer & B.P.Hodk. (2012)[2]

Endocena is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Icmadophilaceae.[3] It has two species.[4] Endocena is characterised by a thallus that can range from crustose to somewhat fruticose, with features such as hollow pustules, pseudopodetia, and granular phyllocladia. Apothecia, or sexual fruiting bodies, are rare and poorly developed. The three taxa within the genus have distinct distributional ranges, with Endocena informis var. informis being widely distributed in southern South America, while Endocena informis var. falklandica is common in the Falkland Islands, and Endocena buckii has a restricted range in Chilean Tierra del Fuego.

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