Chicitaea
''Chicitaea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. Established in 2024, it comprises four species that grow as crusts on tree bark in forests across North America, Europe, Australia, and Thailand. The genus was separated from ''Loxospora'' based on molecular phylogenetics, molecular evidence and chemical differences, particularly the presence of 2'-''O''-methylperlatolic acid as the main secondary metabolite, secondary compound. The lichens appear in shades from pale grey-green to olive-grey and can reproduce through both vegetative structures (soredia or isidia) and, in one species, through sexual spore-producing structures (apothecia). Taxonomy ''Chicitaea'' was established as a genus in 2024 by Beata Guzow-Krzemińska, Martin Kukwa, and James Lendemer to accommodate several species previously classified within ''Loxospora''. The genus name honors Chicita F. Culberson (1931–2023), a pioneering American lichenologist known for establishing standard ...
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