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Lichenostigma
Sign in to saveLichenostigma is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae. It includes several species which are lichenicolous (i.e. parasitic on lichens). The genus was circumscribed in 1983 by the Austrian mycologist Josef Hafellner, with Lichenostigma maureri assigned as the type species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Phaeococcomycetaceae
- Collections
- US, WIS, MEL, UPS, NY, SBBG
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Austria, Slovenia, France, Spain, Peru, Luxembourg
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Fossil history
- Species
- References
Lichenostigma is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeococcomycetaceae. It includes several species which are lichenicolous (i.e. parasitic on lichens). The genus was circumscribed in 1983 by the Austrian mycologist Josef Hafellner, with Lichenostigma maureri assigned as the type species.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lichenostigma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.