Lichenoconium

Lichenoconium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi belonging to the family Lichenoconiaceae.^[1]

Lichenoconium
Lichenoconium lecanorae parasitizing Lecanora albella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Lichenoconiales
Family:	Lichenoconiaceae
Genus:	Lichenoconium Petr. & Syd. (1927)
Type species
Lichenoconium lichenicola (P.Karst.) Petr. & Syd. (1927)
Species
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The genus was circumscribed by Franz Petrak and Hans Sydow in 1927, with Lichenoconium lichenicola assigned as the type species.^[2]

Species

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[3] As of January 2022^[update], Species Fungorum accepts 16 species in Lichenoconium:^[4]

• Lichenoconium aeruginosum Diederich, M.Brand, van den Boom & Lawrey (2011)
• Lichenoconium cargillianum (Linds.) D.Hawksw. (1977)^[5]
• Lichenoconium christiansenii M.S.Cole & D.Hawksw. (2004)^[6]
• Lichenoconium echinosporum D.Hawksw. (1977)^[5]
• Lichenoconium edgewoodense Alstrup & M.S.Cole (1998)^[7]
• Lichenoconium erodens M.S.Christ. & D.Hawksw. (1977)^[5]
• Lichenoconium follmannii S.Y.Kondr. & D.J.Galloway (1995)^[8]
• Lichenoconium hawksworthii Flakus, Etayo, Kukwa & Rodr.Flakus (2021)^[9]
• Lichenoconium laevisporum Kalb & Hafellner (1995)^[10]
• Lichenoconium lecanorae (Jaap) D.Hawksw. (1979)
• Lichenoconium lichenicola (P.Karst.) Petr. & Syd. (1927)
• Lichenoconium parasiticum D.Hawksw. (1977)^[5]
• Lichenoconium plectocarpoides S.Y.Kondr., D.J.Galloway & D.Hawksw. (1994)^[11]
• Lichenoconium pyxidatae (Oudem.) Petr. & Syd. (1927)
• Lichenoconium reichlingii Diederich (1986)^[12]
• Lichenoconium usneae (Anzi) D.Hawksw. (1977)
• Lichenoconium xanthoriae M.S.Christ. (1956)^[13]