Chaenotheca furfuracea
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| Species: | C. furfuracea
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Chaenotheca furfuracea is a mealy (farinaceous), bright yellow-green leprose pin lichen.[1] It is in the Coniocybaceae family that can be found in European countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. The species are growing mostly on beeches and oaks, and on tree roots of spruces. They also grow on detritus or sand, and in rare cases on fissures of siliceous rocks. It likes the climate that have high humidity and low luminosity.[2]
References
- ^ Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]
- ^ Distribution and habitat