Anthracocarpon is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Othmar Breuss in 1996 with Anthracocarpon virescens assigned as the type species.[2]

Anthracocarpon
Anthracocarpon virescens, showing sectioned perithecia (fruiting bodies) with carbonised walls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Anthracocarpon
Breuss (1996)
Type species
Anthracocarpon virescens
(Zahlbr.) Breuss (1996)
Species

A. andinum
A. caribaeum
A. virescens

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Breuss, O. (1996). "Ein verfeinertes Gliederungskonzept für Catapyrenium (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariaceae)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien (in German). 98(Suppl.): 35–50.