Biology:Lachnella

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Lachnella
Lachnella villosa.jpg
Lachnella alboviolascens
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Lachnella

Type species
Lachnella alboviolascens
(Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (1849)

Lachnella is a genus of cyphelloid fungi in the Niaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains six species.[1]

The tiny fruiting bodies (up to about 2 mm across) are cup-shaped or disc-shaped and are densely edged with long white hairs. At most they may have a very short stem, but generally none at all. They can be found all year round on sticks, stalks and sometimes on bark. They are resistant to desiccation, rolling up into a tough closed ball to protect the fertile surface when dry weather comes.[2][3]

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  2. Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. 2018. p. 308. ISBN 978-87-983961-3-0. 
  3. Læssøe, H.; Petersen, Jens (2019). Fungi of Temperate Europe. Princeton University Press. p. 1086. ISBN 9780691180373. 


External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6468497 entry