Xenus lithophylli explained

Xenus lithophylli is a species of lichenized ascomycete fungus discovered in 1992, composing the entire monotypic genus Xenus.^[1] It is found parasiting the calcified algae Lithophyllum, and lives attached to corals in Belize, in the Caribbean.^[2]

This species is currently under incertae sedis in the order Pyrenulales.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Robert . Lücking. Brendan. P. Hodkinson. Steven . D. Leavitt. The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera. The Bryologist. 119. 4. 361–416. 3 January 2017. 10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361.
2. Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B. 2003. FUNGI FROM CORAL REEFS: A COMMENTARY. Mycological Research. 107. 4. 386–387. 10.1017/S0953756203227775.
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