Chrysothrix
| Chrysothrix | |
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| Chrysothrix chlorina, Unteres Rannatal, Austria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Chrysothricaceae |
| Genus: | Chrysothrix Mont. nom. cons. |
| Type species | |
| Chrysothrix noli-tangere (Mont.) Mont. nom. illeg. | |
| Species | |
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C. candelaris | |
Chrysothrix is a lichenized genus of fungi in the family Chrysothricaceae.[1] They are commonly called gold dust lichens or sulfur dust lichens,[2]:253 because they are bright yellow to greenish-yellow, sometimes flecked with orange, and composed entirely of powdery soredia.[3] Apothecia are never present in North American specimens.[3]
They grow on bark or rocks, generally in shaded habitats.[3] They can sometimes be mistaken for sterile specimens of Chaenotheca, which usually has pinhead apothecia on tiny stalks, or Psilolechia, which usually has small, bright yellow apothecia.[3] Chrysothrix chlorina was traditionally used as a brown dye for wool in Scandinavia.[4]
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Herbarium specimen of Chrysothrix candelaris from a rock cliff in the Patapsco Valley State Park in Maryland, USA.
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- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- 1 2 3 4 Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven. ISBN 0-300-08249-5
- ↑ Uphof, J. C. T. 1959. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Hafner Publishing Co.: New York.
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