Lachnella

Lachnella
Lachnella alboviolascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Niaceae
Genus:	Lachnella Fr.
Type species
Lachnella alboviolascens (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (1849)

Lachnella is a genus of cyphelloid fungi in the Niaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains six species. ^[1]

The tiny fruiting bodies (up to about 2 mm across) are cup-shaped or disc-shaped and are densely edged with long white hairs. At most they may have a very short stem, but generally none at all. They can be found all year round on sticks, stalks and sometimes on bark. They are resistant to desiccation, rolling up into a tough closed ball to protect the fertile surface when dry weather comes. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p.  357. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Knudsen, Thomas; Vesterholt, J., eds. (2018). Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. p. 308. ISBN   978-87-983961-3-0.
3. Læssøe, H.; Petersen, Jens (2019). Fungi of Temperate Europe. Princeton University Press. p. 1086. ISBN   9780691180373.