Lichenostigma

Lichenostigma
Lichenostigma cosmopolites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Lichenostigmatales
Family: Phaeococcomycetaceae
Genus: Lichenostigma
Hafellner (1983)
Type species
Lichenostigma maureri
Hafellner (1983)
Synonyms[1]

Lichenostigma is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae.[2] It includes several species which are lichenicolous (i.e. parasitic on lichens).[3] The genus was circumscribed in 1983 by the Austrian mycologist Josef Hafellner, with Lichenostigma maureri assigned as the type species.[4]

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  3. ^ A synopsis of Lichenostigma subgen. Lichenogramma (Arthoniales) with a key to the species, Vicent Calatayud1, Pere Navarro-Rosinés, Josef Hafellner, Mycological Research, Volume 106, Issue 10, October 2002, Pages 1230–1242, [1]
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