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Chaenotheca furfuracea

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Chaenotheca furfuracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Coniocybomycetes
Order: Coniocybales
Family: Coniocybaceae
Genus: Chaenotheca
Species:
C. furfuracea
Binomial name
Chaenotheca furfuracea
(L.) Tibell (1984)
Synonyms
  • Mucor furfuraceus L. (1753)
  • Coniocybe furfuracea (L.) Ach, 1816

Chaenotheca furfuracea is a mealy (farinaceous), bright yellow-green leprose pin lichen.[1] It is in the family Coniocybaceae and can be found in European countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. The species are growing mostly on beeches and oaks, and on tree roots of spruces. They also grow on detritus or sand, and in rare cases on fissures of siliceous rocks. It prefers climates with high humidity and low luminosity.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]
  2. ^ "Chaenotheca furfuracea - lichenology.info - species details". www.lichenology.info. Retrieved 8 October 2023.