''Sphinctrina'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichenicolous fungi
A lichenicolous fungus is a member of a specialised group of fungi that live exclusively on lichens as their host (biology), host organisms. These fungi, comprising over 2,000 known species across 280 genera, exhibit a wide range of ecological st ...
, usually not
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
ized, in the family
Sphinctrinaceae.
Its species are most commonly
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
on lichens of the genus ''
Pertusaria
''Pertusaria'' is a large genus of warty crustose lichen, crustose lichens in the Pertusariaceae family.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting bodies are usually modified apothecia that im ...
''.
Species
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Sphinctrina anglica''
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Sphinctrina benmargana''
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Sphinctrina intermedia''
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Sphinctrina leucopoda''
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Sphinctrina ophioparmae''
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Sphinctrina pallidella''
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Sphinctrina paramerae''
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Sphinctrina tubaeformis''
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Sphinctrina turbinata''
References
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1825
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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