Coenogonium implexum

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Coenogonium implexum
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Coenogoniaceae
Genus: Coenogonium
Species:
C. implexum
Binomial name
Coenogonium implexum
Nyl. (1862)
Synonyms [1]
  • Coenogonium acrocephalum Müll.Arg. (1881)
  • Coenogonium rigidulumMüll.Arg. (1882)

Coenogonium implexum is a yellow-green byssoid lichen with light orange apothecia found in Australia. [2] It is in the family Coenogoniaceae, and was first described by William Nylander in 1862. [3]

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Coenogonium implexum Nyl., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 16: 92 (1862)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. "Coenogonium implexum - ANBG Lichen website". www.anbg.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  3. Nylander, W. (1862). "Quelques observations sur le genre Coenogonium". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. 4 (in French). 16: 83–94.