Cystocoleaceae

<i>Cystocoleus</i>

Cystocoleus

Genus of fungi

Cystocoleus is a genus of lichen in the monotypic family Cystocoleaceae.[1] Members of the genus are commonly called velvet lichens.[2][3]

Quick Facts Cystocoleus, Scientific classification ...

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

Wikispecies has information related to Cystocoleus.
  1. [1]
    "Cystocoleus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    Velvet Lichen (Cystocoleus), Encyclopedia of Life
  3. [3]
    USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  4. [4]
    "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cystocoleaceae, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.