Carbonea is a genus of fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Most of the species grow on lichens. The genus is widespread, and contains 20 species.[2]Carbonea was originally circumscribed as a subgenus of Lecidea in 1967[3] before it was promoted to generic status in 1983.[4]
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^Hertel, H. (1983). "Über einige aus Lecidea und Melanolecia (Ascomycetes lichenisati) auszuschliessende Arte". Mitteilungen aus der Botanischen Staatssammlung, München (in German). 19: 441–44.
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^Svensson, Måns; Westberg, Martin (2021). "A new lichenicolous species of Carbonea (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from northern Sweden". Phytotaxa. 522 (3): 221–230. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.522.3.5. S2CID242525283.