Genus

Chaenotheca (Stubble lichens)

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.

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