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 (botanist)|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.

Species

Lichinella algerica Lichinella americana Lichinella applanata Lichinella cribellifera Lichinella flexa Lichinella granulosa Lichinella heppii Lichinella hondoana Lichinella inflata Lichinella intermedia Lichinella iodopulchra Lichinella lojkana Lichinella mauritanica Lichinella melamphylla Lichinella minnesotensis Lichinella myriospora Lichinella polyspora Lichinella robusta Lichinella robustoides Lichinella sinaica Lichinella stipatula