Lichinaceae

Lichinaceae
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Lichinella nigritella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lichinomycetes
Order:	Lichinales
Family:	Lichinaceae Nyl. (1854)
Type genus
Lichina C.Agardh (1817)

The Lichinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi. Most species are lichenized, and have a distribution largely in temperate regions.

Genera

The following genera are in the Lichinaceae family, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. Genera with a question mark preceding them have an uncertain taxonomic placement in the family.

Anema — Calotrichopsis — Cryptothele — Digitothyrea — Edwardiella — Ephebe — Euopsis — Finkia — Gonohymenia — Gyrocollema — Harpidium — Jenmania — Lecidopyrenopsis — Lemmopsis — Lempholemma — Leprocollema — Lichina — Lichinella — Lichinodium — ?Mawsonia — Metamelaena — Paulia — Peccania — Phloeopeccania — Phylliscidiopsis — Phylliscidium — Phyllisciella — Phylliscum — Porocyphus — ?Pseudarctomi — Pseudopaulia — Psorotichia — Pterygiopsis — Pyrenocarpon — Pyrenopsis — Stromatella — Synalissa — Thelignya — Thermutis — Thermutopsis — Thyrea — Zahlbrucknerella