Everniicola

Everniicola is a fungal genus of uncertain placement in the Ascomycota. It comprises a single species, Everniicola flexispora, a lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus. The genus and its species were described in 1982 by David Leslie Hawksworth. The fungus was originally described from the lichen host Evernia prunastri. It has also been recorded on Nephroma arcticum, on which its presence results in bleached spots with dark rims.