Lichenosticta is a genus of fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Lecanorales. It has five species.[1] All species are lichenicolous, meaning they are parasitic on lichens.[2]

Lichenosticta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Genus: Lichenosticta
Zopf (1898)
Type species
Lichenosticta podetiicola
Zopf (1898)
Species

L. alcicorniaria
L. dombrovskae
L. hoegnabbae
L. jurgae
L. lecanorae

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ^ Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.