Name:		Chaenotheca Th. Fr., (1861) page 350
Synonym(s):		Embolus Batsch (1783) Cyphelium Chevall. (1826) Allodium Nyl. (1896) Eucyphelis Clem. (1909) Heydeniopsis Naumov (1915) Chaenothecomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Cybebe Tibell (1984)
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 Chaenotheca acicularis Chaenotheca aeruginosa (Turn.) A.L. Sm. Chaenotheca africana (Zahlbr.) Nádv. Chaenotheca albida (Körb.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca arenaria (Hampe ex A. Massal.) Zwackh Chaenotheca australis Tibell Chaenotheca benearnensis Vezda & Vivant Chaenotheca brachypoda (Ach.) Tibell Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.) Müll. Arg. Chaenotheca carthusiae (Harm.) Lettau Chaenotheca chlorella (Ach.) Müll. Arg. Chaenotheca chlorelloides (Anzi) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca chloroxantha Tibell Chaenotheca chrysocephala (Turner ex Ach.) Th. Fr. Chaenotheca cinerea (Pers.) Tibell Chaenotheca citriocephala (F. Wilson) Tibell Chaenotheca confusa Tibell Chaenotheca coniophaea (Norman) Tibell Chaenotheca degelii Tibell Chaenotheca deludens Tibell Chaenotheca dilatata Räsänen Chaenotheca disseminata (Ach.) Lettau Chaenotheca elassospora (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca ferruginea (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Mig. Chaenotheca floridana R.C. Harris Chaenotheca furfuracea (L.) Tibell Chaenotheca glaucescens Vezda Chaenotheca gneissica (Nyl.) Szatala Chaenotheca gracilenta (Ach.) Mattson & Middleb. Chaenotheca gracillima (Vain.) Tibell Chaenotheca granulosa Alb. Schmidt Chaenotheca hispidula (Ach.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca hygrophila Tibell Chaenotheca laevigata Nádv. Chaenotheca lanata Tibell Chaenotheca melanophaea (Ach.) Zwackh Chaenotheca nepaiensis Alb. Schmidt Chaenotheca nitidula Tibell Chaenotheca nudiuscula (Schaer.) Nádv. Chaenotheca obscura (G. Merr.) Nádv. Chaenotheca obscurata (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca olivaceorufa (Vain.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca pallida (Pers.) Stizenb. Chaenotheca parietina (Ach.) Cout. Chaenotheca paroica (Ach.) Zwackh Chaenotheca phaeocephala (Turner) Th. Fr. Chaenotheca picastra (Le Prévost) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca picea (Chevall.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca praecedens (Nyl.) Lindau Chaenotheca pulverulenta (Vain.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca roscidum (Ach.) Ach. Chaenotheca sachalinensis M. Satô Chaenotheca savonica (Räsänen) Tibell Chaenotheca schaereri (De Not.) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca servitii Nádv. Chaenotheca sphaerocephala Nádv. Chaenotheca stemonea (Ach.) Müll. Arg. Chaenotheca stenocyboides (Nyl.) Sandst. Chaenotheca subroscida (Eitner) Zahlbr. Chaenotheca sulphurea (Retz.) Middelb. & Mattsson Chaenotheca suzai Nádv. Chaenotheca trabinella Chaenotheca trichialis (Ach.) Th. Fr. Chaenotheca xyloxena Nádv.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (3 records)
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]