Sphinctrina

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Sphinctrina
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Sphinctrina turbinata
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Mycocaliciales
Family: Sphinctrinaceae
Genus: Sphinctrina
Fr. (1825)
Type species
Sphinctrina turbinata
Fr. (1825)
Synonyms [1]

Sphinctrina is a genus of lichenicolous fungi, usually not lichenized, in the family Sphinctrinaceae. [2] Its species are most commonly parasitic on lichens of the genus Pertusaria .

Species

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Sphinctrina Fr". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 .