Lichenoconium

Lichenoconium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae.

The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927, with Lichenoconium lichenicola assigned as the type species.

Species

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in Lichenoconium:

• Lichenoconium aeruginosum
• Lichenoconium cargillianum
• Lichenoconium christiansenii
• Lichenoconium echinosporum
• Lichenoconium edgewoodense
• Lichenoconium erodens
• Lichenoconium follmannii
• Lichenoconium hawksworthii
• Lichenoconium laevisporum
• Lichenoconium lecanorae
• Lichenoconium lichenicola
• Lichenoconium parasiticum
• Lichenoconium plectocarpoides
• Lichenoconium pyxidatae
• Lichenoconium reichlingii
• Lichenoconium usneae
• Lichenoconium xanthoriae

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