| Endococcus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Ascomycota | 
| Class: | Dothideomycetes | 
| Order: | Lichenotheliales | 
| Family: | Lichenotheliaceae | 
| Genus: | Endococcus Nyl. (1855) | 
| Type species | |
| Endococcus rugulosus | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
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]