| Acantholichen | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Corticiales |
| Family: | Corticiaceae |
| Genus: | Acantholichen P.M. Jørg. |
| Type species | |
| Acantholichen pannarioides P.M. Jørg. |
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Acantholichen is a lichenized genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the sole species Acantholichen pannariodes, discovered originally in Costa Rica in 1998.[1] 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".[1]