Chaenotheca is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Coniocybaceae.[1] 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.[2]: 15  Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.[3] Photobiont partners for Chaenotheca include members of the algae genera Symbiochloris, Trebouxia, Trentepohlia, and Tritostichococcus.[4]

Chaenotheca
Chaenotheca chlorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Coniocybomycetes
Order: Coniocybales
Family: Coniocybaceae
Genus: Chaenotheca
(Th.Fr.) Th.Fr. (1860)
Type species
Chaenotheca chrysocephala
(Turner ex Ach.) Th.Fr.
Synonyms
  • Calicium b Chaenotheca Th.Fr. (1856)

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  3. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  4. ^ Sanders, William B.; Masumoto, Hiroshi (2021). "Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 347–393. doi:10.1017/S0024282921000335.
  5. ^ Allen, Jessica L.; McMullin, Richard Troy (2015). "Chaenotheca balsamconensis, a new calicioid lichen on Trichaptum abietinum from North America that is benefiting from widespread conifer fatalities". The Bryologist. 118 (1): 54–58. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-118.1.054. S2CID 85023116.
  6. ^ Tibell, Leif; Tibell, Sanja; Van Der Pluijm, Arno (2019). "Chaenotheca biesboschii a new calicioid lichen from willow forests in the Netherlands". The Lichenologist. 51 (2): 123–135. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000021. S2CID 150037356.
  7. ^ Tibell, L. (1998). "Crustose mazaediate lichens and the Mycocaliciaceae in temperate South America". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 71: 46.
  8. ^ Selva, Steven B. (2013). "The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest Ecoregion of northeastern North America, I. New species and range extensions". The Bryologist. 116 (3): 248–256. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-116.3.248. S2CID 86640485.
  9. ^ Tibell, Leif; Koffman, Anna (2002). "Chaenotheca nitidula, a new species of calicioid lichen from northeastern North America". The Bryologist. 105 (3): 353–357. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2002)105[0353:CNANSO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85593518.