Endococcus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Lichenotheliales |
Family: | Lichenotheliaceae |
Genus: | Endococcus Nyl. (1855) |
Type species | |
Endococcus rugulosus | |
Species | |
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Endococcus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. [1] The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. [2] Although at least one source places the genus in the Verrucariaceae, a 2016 study of the type species, Endococcus rugulosus , determined that it should instead be placed in the family Lichenotheliaceae of the order Dothideales; [3] this classification echoes a placement proposed in 1979 by David Hawksworth. [4]