Collemopsidium

Collemopsidium
Collemopsidium foveolatum on barnacles in Lourinhã, Portugal. The fungus is visible as black dots on the shell.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Collemopsidiales
Family: Xanthopyreniaceae
Genus: Collemopsidium
Nyl. (1881)
Type species
Collemopsidium iocarpum
(Nyl.) Nyl. (1881)
Species

18 species; see text

Synonyms

Collemopsidium is a genus of fungi in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. Some members of this genus are marine species, and described as "borderline lichens" or "algicolous" fungi.