Fungalpedia – Note 2713, Lichenopenicillus
Lichenopenicillus Etayo.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Hypocreales genera incertae sedis, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
The monotypic genus Lichenopenicillus was introduced by Etayo (2017) to accommodate the type species L. versicolor, found on the thalli of Sticta species. The genus is characterized by pencil-shaped synnemata that are yellow, blackish, and purple at the base. The conidiophores are hyaline, branched and anastomosing, with cylindrical, terminal or lateral conidiogenous cells. The conidia are acicular, septate, dry, and hyaline, with holoblastic conidiogenesis and schizolytic secession (Etayo 2017). Due to the lack of molecular data, Lichenopenicillus is tentatively placed within Hypocreales genera incertae sedis (Hyde et al. 2024).
Type species: Lichenopenicillus versicolor Etayo (Etayo 2017).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lichenopenicillus.
Figure 1 – Lichenopenicillus versicolor redrawn from Etayo (2017). a Appearance of the synnemata. b Septate, Conidiogenous cells and acicular conidia. c Conidiophores. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 10 μm, c = 5 μm.
References
Etayo J 2017 – Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador. Opera Lilloana, 50, 1–535.
Hyde KD, Noorabadi M, Thiyagaraja V, He M et al. 2024 – The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. mycosphere 15, 5146–6239.
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 16 July 2026