Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Genus | Division Basidiomycota Family Hygrophoraceae Order Agaricales | |
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Similar Agaricales, Dictyonema, Lepidostromatales, Eonema, Pseudoarmillariella | ||
Acantholichen is a fungal genus in the family Hygrophoraceae. A monotypic genus it contains a single species, the basidiolichen Acantholichen pannariodes, discovered originally in Costa Rica in 1998. This species has a bluish, gelatinous thallus, and a fine, white powdery bloom covering the hairy upper surface; this surface is said to resemble "an unshaven chin".
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