''Sphinctrina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
lichenicolous fungi
A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host. A lichenicolous fungus is not the same as the fungus that is the component of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific to ...
, usually not
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Sphinctrinaceae
The Sphinctrinaceae are a family of fungi in the order Mycocaliciales
The ''Mycocaliciales'' are an order (biology), order of ascomycetous fungi within the subclass Mycocaliciomycetidae and within the class Eurotiomycetes (subphylum Pezizomyco ...]
.
Its species are most commonly
parasitic on lichens of the genus ''
Pertusaria
''Pertusaria'' is a large genus of warty crustose lichens in the Pertusariaceae family.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting bodies are usually modified apothecia that immersed in warts ...
''.
Species
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Sphinctrina anglica''
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Sphinctrina benmargana''
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Sphinctrina intermedia''
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Sphinctrina leucopoda''
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Sphinctrina ophioparmae''
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Sphinctrina pallidella''
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Sphinctrina paramerae''
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Sphinctrina tubaeformis''
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Sphinctrina turbinata''
References
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1825
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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