Xenus lithophylli

Xenus lithophylli is a species of lichenized ascomycete fungus discovered in 1992, composing the entire monotypic genus Xenus.^[1] It is found parasiting the calcified algae Lithophyllum, and lives attached to corals in Belize, in the Caribbean.^[2]

Xenus lithophylli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Pyrenulales
Genus:	Xenus Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
Species:	X. lithophylli
Binomial name
Xenus lithophylli Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.

This species is currently under incertae sedis in the order Pyrenulales.^[3]