Species
Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Canary whiskers)
Chaenotheca chrysocephala. Photo: (c) Andrew Simon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.:15 Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Class: Lichinomycetes
- Order: Coniocybales
- Family: Coniocybaceae
- Genus: Chaenotheca (Stubble lichens)
- Species: Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Canary whiskers)
- Genus: Chaenotheca (Stubble lichens)
- Family: Coniocybaceae
- Order: Coniocybales
- Class: Lichinomycetes
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
Sightings
