Lichenochora Hafellner, Nova Hedwigia 48(3-4): 358 (1989)

Index Fungorum number: IF 25318; MycoBank number: MB 25318; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13492; 45 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Lichenochora thallina (Cooke) Hafellner

Notes – Lichenochora (Phyllachorales) was introduced by Hafellner (1989) to include different lichenicolous taxa characterized by typical perithecia and unitunicate asci. However, some of the species with bitunicate asci have been referred to other genera, such as Didymella and Stigmidium. Hafellner (1989) included six species of Lichenochora; L. constrictella, L. inconspicua, L. galligena, L. polycoccoides, L. thallina (currently L. obscuroides) and L. weillii, in Physciaceae. Subsequently, the number of Lichenochora taxa has increased with the description of new species or the inclusion of some new combinations in various studies (Triebel et al. 1991, Roux & Triebel 1994, Navarro-rosinés et al. 1994, Navrotskaya et al. 1996, Aptroot et al. 1997, Hafellner et al. 2008).

Species

  • Lichenochora thallina