Lichenomphalia [SEP] parent taxon
be related, fall within the newly redefined Hygrophoraceae.
Etymology.
"Lichenomphalia" is derived from the word lichen combined with the old, shorter, generic name "Omphalia" from whence the more familiar, longer, diminutive generic name "Omphalina" was derived. Basically it means the lichen omphalias.
Thallus names and nomenclature.
Long before the connection was made between the nonlichenized agaric fruitbodies and the lichenized thalli, botanists and lichenologists named the asexual lichen thalli of "Lichenomphalia" species several times in a number
"Phytoconis", "Botrydina" and "Coriscium".
See also.
- List of Agaricales genera
External links.
-  "Lichenomphalia umbellifera"
-  "Lichenomphalia umbellifera"
-  "Lichenomphalia alpina"
-  "Lichenomphalia hudsoniana" thalli originally called "Coriscium viride"
-  "Lichenomphalia chromacea" from Australia.
-  "Lichenomphalia hudsoniana" from China.