Cystocoleus
Genus of fungi
Cystocoleus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Capnodiales |
Family: | Cystocoleaceae |
Genus: | Cystocoleus Thwaites (1849) |
Cystocoleus is a genus of lichen in the monotypic family Cystocoleaceae.[1] Members of the genus are commonly called velvet lichens.[2][3]
It only contains one known species Cystocoleus ebeneus (Dillwyn) Thwaites (1849)[4]
Former species;[4]
- C. niger (Huds.) Har. (1890) = Cystocoleus ebeneus
- C. rupestris (Pers.) Rabenh. (1870) = Rhacodiopsis rupestris, Herpotrichiellaceae family
References
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