Acantholichen

Acantholichen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Acantholichen
P.M.Jørg. (1998)
Type species
Acantholichen pannarioides
P.M.Jørg. (1998)

Acantholichen is a fungal genus in the family Hygrophoraceae.[1] A monotypic genus it contains a single species, the basidiolichen Acantholichen pannarioides, discovered originally in Costa Rica in 1998.[2] This species has a bluish, gelatinous thallus, and a fine, white powdery bloom covering the hairy upper surface; this surface is said to resemble "an unshaven chin".[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Lodge DJ, Padamsee M, Matheny PB, Aime MC, Cantrell SA, Boertmann D, et al. (2014). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)". Fungal Diversity. 64 (1): 1–99. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0.
  2. 1 2 Jørgensen PM. (1998). "Acantholichen pannarioides, a new basidiolichen from South America". The Bryologist. 101 (3): 444–7. doi:10.2307/3244185. JSTOR 3244185.
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