Lichina | |
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Lichina pygmaea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lichinomycetes |
Order: | Lichinales |
Family: | Lichinaceae |
Genus: | Lichina C.Agardh (1817) |
Type species | |
Lichina pygmaea (Lightf.) C.Agardh (1817)
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Species | |
Lichina is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lichinaceae.[1] The genus contains four marine species.[2] These cyanolichens include species such as L. pygmaea or L. confinis, in which the associated cyanobiont has been assigned to the genus Rivularia. Furthermore, evidence of a high specificity of each mycobiont towards particular cyanobiont lineages in both species has been detected.[3]