Biology:Cystocoleus

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Short description: Genus of fungi


Cystocoleus
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q10465229 entry