Species: Chaenotheca chrysocephala
Needle Lichen
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Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Caliciales
Family
Coniocybaceae
Genus
Chaenotheca
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Caliciales - Coniocybaceae - Chaenotheca
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2006-06-30
Global Status Last Changed
2002-12-02
Distribution
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Global Range
Global distribution "Comon over large parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden. Rare in Denmark [...] This species has a very wide distribution in cool temperate to temperate areas of both hemispheres (Eurasia, North America, Africa, Australasia, and Central and South America)" (Tibell 1999). Within North America, widespread in temperate and boreal regions.