''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family

Lichenotheliaceae The Lichenotheliaceae are a family of fungi, and the only family in the order Lichenotheliales, which is in the class Dothideomycetes. The family contains three genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological class ...

. It has 44 species. The genus was

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by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in the

Verrucariaceae The Verrucariaceae are a family of mostly lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichen-forming species, which comprise the vast majority of the family, have a wide variety of thallus forms, and include crustose (crust-like), foliose ( ...

, a 2016 study of the type species, ''

Endococcus rugulosus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'', determined that it should instead be placed in the family Lichenotheliaceae of the order Dothideales; this classification echoes a placement proposed in 1979 by David Hawksworth.

Species

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Endococcus alectoriae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus apicicola'' *'' Endococcus brachysporus'' *'' Endococcus caudisporus'' *''

Endococcus cladiae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in the V ...

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Endococcus exerrans ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus freyi'' *''

Endococcus fusiger ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in the ...

'' *'' Endococcus hafellneri'' *''

Endococcus hafellnerianus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus incrassatus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus janae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus karlstadtensis ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus macrosporus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus matzeri ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus nanellus ''Endococcus nanellus'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the order Dothideales. It is known from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Hawaii, Japan, Russia, South-Korea, and Kazakhstan. Host species ''Endococcus nanellus'' is known to infect numero ...

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Endococcus oreinae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus oropogonicola ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

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Endococcus pallidosporus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus parentium'' *''

Endococcus parmeliarum ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in the ...

'' *'' Endococcus peltigericola'' *'' Endococcus perminutus'' *''

Endococcus physciae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus propinquus'' *''

Endococcus protoblasteniae ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus pseudocyphellariae'' *'' Endococcus ramalinarius'' *''

'' *'' Endococcus sardous'' *'' Endococcus sendtneri'' *''

Endococcus sipmanii ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus thamnoliae'' *''

Endococcus thelommatis ''Endococcus thelommatis'' is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Jana Kocourková and Kerry Knudsen. The fungus grows on the ...

'' *'' Endococcus tricolorans'' *'' Endococcus umbilicariae'' *'' Endococcus variabilis'' *'' Endococcus verrucisporus'' *''

Endococcus verrucosus ''Endococcus'' is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) in the family Lichenotheliaceae. It has 44 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1855. Although at least one source places the genus in th ...

'' *'' Endococcus xanthoparmeliae'' *'' Endococcus zahlbrucknerellae''

References

Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes genera Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist) Taxa described in 1855 {{Dothideomycetes-stub