Hypocenomyce | |
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Hypocenomyce scalaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Umbilicariales |
Family: | Ophioparmaceae |
Genus: | Hypocenomyce M.Choisy (1951) |
Type species | |
Hypocenomyce scalaris (Ach.) M.Choisy (1951)
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Species | |
H. australis |
Hypocenomyce is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ophioparmaceae.[1] Species in the genus grow on bark and on wood, especially on burned tree stumps and trunks in coniferous forest. Hypocenomyce lichens are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.[2]