Chaenotheca Longispora

''Chaenotheca'' is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Coniocybaceae. The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Genus members are also commonly called needle lichens.USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
/ref> partners for ''Chaenotheca'' include members of the algae genera ''Symbiochloris'', ''Trebouxia'', ''Trentepohlia (alga), Trentepohlia'', and ''Tritostichococcus''.

Species

*''Chaenotheca balsamconensis'' – North America
*''Chaenotheca biesboschii'' – Netherlands
*''Chaenotheca brachypoda''
*''Chaenotheca brunneola''
*''Chaenotheca chlorella''
*''Chaenotheca chrysocephala''
*''Chaenotheca citriocephala''
*''Chaenotheca confusa'' – South America
*''Chaenotheca degelii''
*''Chaenotheca deludens''
*''Chaenotheca erkahomattiorum'' – North America
*''Chaenotheca ferruginea''
*''Chaenotheca furfuracea''
*''Chaenotheca gracilenta''
*''Chaenotheca gracillima''
*''Chaenotheca hispidula''
*''Chaenotheca hygrophila''
*''Chaenotheca laevigata''
*''Chaenotheca longispora''
*''Chaenotheca nitidula'' – North America
*''Chaenotheca papuensis''
*''Chaenotheca phaeocephala''
*''Chaenotheca selvae''
*''Chaenotheca stemonea''
*''Chaenotheca trichialis''
*''Chaenotheca xyloxena''

References

Ascomycota genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Theodor Magnus Fries
Taxa described in 1860
Coniocybaceae

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