Name:		Chaenotheca melanophaea Zwackh, Flora 45 (1862) page 535
Accepted name:		Chaenotheca ferruginea (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Mig.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Chaenotheca (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr. [Genus] 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:		Subspecific taxa Chaenotheca melanophaea forma flavocitrina (Paulson) Keissl. Chaenotheca melanophaea forma melanophaea Chaenotheca melanophaea forma phaeopoda Nádv. Chaenotheca melanophaea forma umbellata Lettau Chaenotheca melanophaea var. ferruginea (Turner ex Sm.) Lettau Chaenotheca melanophaea var. flavocitrina Paulson Chaenotheca melanophaea var. kutikii Nádv. Chaenotheca melanophaea var. melanophaea
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 1: 568, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 153
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]