Name:		Embolus Batsch, Elenchus Fungorum (1783) page 261 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Chaenotheca (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Coniocybaceae Rchb. [Family] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Embolus brunneolus (Ach.) Wallr. Embolus clavus Sacc. & Speg. Embolus furfuraceus (L.) Rabenh. Embolus gracilentus (Ach.) Wallr. Embolus nigricans (Fr.) Wallr. Embolus obvelatus Oeder Embolus ochreatus De Not. Embolus pallidus Embolus phaeocephalus Wallr. Embolus sardous De Not. Embolus sepulcralis Batsch Embolus trichioides Wallr.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]