Chaenotheca Explained

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 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] Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.^[3] partners for Chaenotheca include members of the algae genera Symbiochloris, Trebouxia, Trentepohlia, and Tritostichococcus.

Species

• Chaenotheca balsamconensis – North America
• Chaenotheca biesboschii – Netherlands
• Chaenotheca brachypoda
• Chaenotheca brunneola
• Chaenotheca chlorella
• Chaenotheca chrysocephala
• Chaenotheca citriocephala
• Chaenotheca confusa – South America
• Chaenotheca degelii
• Chaenotheca deludens
• Chaenotheca erkahomattiorum – North America
• Chaenotheca ferruginea
• Chaenotheca furfuracea
• Chaenotheca gracilenta
• Chaenotheca gracillima
• Chaenotheca hispidula
• Chaenotheca hygrophila
• Chaenotheca laevigata
• Chaenotheca longispora
• Chaenotheca nitidula – North America
• Chaenotheca papuensis
• Chaenotheca phaeocephala
• Chaenotheca selvae
• Chaenotheca stemonea
• Chaenotheca trichialis
• Chaenotheca xyloxena

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,
3. http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search