Chaenotheca furfuracea

Chaenotheca furfuracea is a mealy (farinaceous), bright yellow-green leprose pin lichen.[1] It is in the family Coniocybaceae and can be found in European countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. The species are growing mostly on beeches and oaks, and on tree roots of spruces. They also grow on detritus or sand, and in rare cases on fissures of siliceous rocks. It prefers climates with high humidity and low luminosity.[2]

Chaenotheca furfuracea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Coniocybomycetes
Order: Coniocybales
Family: Coniocybaceae
Genus: Chaenotheca
Species:
C. furfuracea
Binomial name
Chaenotheca furfuracea
(L.) Tibell (1984)
Synonyms
  • Mucor furfuraceus L. (1753)
  • Coniocybe furfuracea (L.) Ach, 1816

References
  1. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001,
  2. Distribution and habitat


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