Trichothelium

Trichothelium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Porinaceae
Genus: Trichothelium
Müll.Arg. (1885)
Type species
Trichothelium epiphyllum
Müll.Arg. (1885)
Synonyms
  • Actiniopsis Starbäck (1899)
  • Asteropeltis Henn. (1904)
  • Ophiodictyon Sacc. & P.Syd. (1902)
  • Stereochlamydomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Stereochlamys Müll.Arg. (1885)
  • Trichotheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Trichothelium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Porinaceae. It has an estimated 40 species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1885, with Trichothelium epiphyllum assigned as the type species.

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