Subgenus

Protolichenomphalia (Lichenomphalia subg. protolichenomphalia)

Lichenomphalia umbellifera. Photo: (c) ingaderuyter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Lichenomphalia is both a basidiolichen and an agaric genus. Most of the species have inconspicuous lichenized thalli that consist of scattered, small, loose, nearly microscopic green balls or foliose small flakes containing single-celled green algae in the genus Coccomyxa, all interconnected by a loose network of hyphae. The agaric fruit bodies themselves are nonlichenized and resemble other types of omphalinoid mushrooms. These agarics lack clamp connections and do not form hymenial cystidia. The basidiospores are hyaline,…

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