Corticifraga Explained

Corticifraga is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Gomphillaceae. The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth and Rolf Santesson in 1990, with Corticifraga peltigerae assigned as the type species.

Species

• Corticifraga chugachiana – Holarctic
• Corticifraga fuckelii
• Corticifraga fusispora
• Corticifraga microspora
• Corticifraga nephromatis – Alaska
• Corticifraga peltigerae
• Corticifraga pseudocyphellariae
• Corticifraga santessonii – Holarctic
• Corticifraga scrobiculatae – Alaska