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 pannariodes, 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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