Lichinella

Lichinella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lichinellaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed in 1872 by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander.
In a 2024 multilocus molecular phylogenetics-informed re-classification of the Lichinomycetes, Lichinella was placed in the newly erected family Lichinellaceae together with Edwardiella, Gonotichia and Synalissina. The authors treat Lichinella as a medium-sized genus of almost 30 species, and the family by thallinocarpous ascomata and a Lichinella-type ascus. Several names formerly placed in segregate genera have been combined into Lichinella, reflecting the new phylogeny.