''Lichenoconium'' is a

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belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was

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Franz Petrak Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist. From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913 he obtai ...

and

Hans Sydow Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925). Career Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional man ...

in 1927.

Species

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. ,

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accepts 16 species in ''Lichenoconium'': * ''

Lichenoconium aeruginosum ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium cargillianum ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ...

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Lichenoconium christiansenii ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungoru ...

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Lichenoconium echinosporum ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium edgewoodense ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium erodens ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium hawksworthii ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in '' ...

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Lichenoconium laevisporum ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium lecanorae ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium lichenicola ''Lichenoconium lichenicola'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,0 ...

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Lichenoconium parasiticum ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium plectocarpoides ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium pyxidatae ''Lichenoconium pyxidatae'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It has a Holarctic distribution being found in Alaska and various parts of Russia, including Siberia, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya and Wra ...

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Lichenoconium reichlingii ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium usneae ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

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Lichenoconium xanthoriae ''Lichenoconium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927. Species The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. , Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in ' ...

References

Dothideomycetes Lichenicolous fungi Taxa named by Franz Petrak Taxa named by Hans Sydow Taxa described in 1927 Dothideomycetes genera {{Dothideomycetes-stub