Chaenotheca
| Chaenotheca | |
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| Chaenotheca chlorella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Coniocybaceae |
| Genus: |
Chaenotheca (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr. |
| Type species | |
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Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. |
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| Species | |
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North American species: |
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North American species:
C. brachypoda
C. brunneola
C. chlorella
C. chrysocephala
C. cinerea
C. ferruginea
C. floridana
C. furfuracea
C. gracilenta
C. gracillima
C. hispidula
C. hygrophila
C. laevigata
C. nitidula
C. olivaceorufa
C. phaeocephala
C. servitii
C. sphaerocephala
C. stemonea
C. subroscida
C. trichialis
C. xyloxena
Chaenotheca is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Coniocybaceae. The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen. Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.
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