Pycnothelia | |
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Pycnothelia papillaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Cladoniaceae |
Genus: | Pycnothelia (Ach.) Dufour (1821) |
Type species | |
Pycnothelia papillaria (Ehrh.) L.M.Dufour (1985)
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Species | |
P. caliginosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pycnothelia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae.[2] Pycnothelia was promoted to generic status by French naturalist Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1821;[3] it was originally circumscribed by Erik Acharius in 1799 as a section of the now-defunct genus Cenomyce.