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Chaenotheca furfuracea

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Lecanoromycetes

Order
  
Incertae sedis

Scientific name
  
Chaenotheca furfuracea

Division
  
Subclass
  
Lecanoromycetidae

Family
  
Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Chaenotheca, Calicium, Chaenotheca chlorella, Candelariella xanthostigma, Cladonia digitata

Chaenotheca furfuracea is a mealy (farinaceous), bright yellow-green leprose pin lichen. It is in the Coniocybaceae family that 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 likes the climate that have high humidity and low luminosity.

References

Chaenotheca furfuracea Wikipedia


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