Acantholichen | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: |
Acantholichen P.M.Jørg. (1998) |
Type species | |
Acantholichen pannarioides P.M.Jørg. (1998) |
Acantholichen is a fungal genus in the family Hygrophoraceae. A monotypic genus it contains a single species, the basidiolichen Acantholichen pannariodes, discovered originally in Costa Rica in 1998. This species has a bluish, gelatinous thallus, and a fine, white powdery bloom covering the hairy upper surface; this surface is said to resemble "an unshaven chin".