Fungalpedia – Note 2618, Lichenothelia

 

 Lichenothelia D. Hawksw. 

Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.

Index Fungorum, faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.

Classification: Lichenotheliaceae, Lichenotheliales, Dothideomycetes orders incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.

Type species: Lichenothelia scopularia (Nyl.) D. Hawksw.

= Verrucaria scopularia Nyl.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lichenothelia.

Figure 1 – Lichenothelia scopularia redrawn from Hawksworth (1981a). a Paraphyses. b Asci. c Ascospores. Scale bar: c = 10 μm.

 

References

Hawksworth DL. 1981a – Lichenothelia, a new genus for the Microthelia aterrima group. Lichenologist 13 (2), 141–153.

 

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 23 June 2026