Trypetheliaceae
| Trypetheliaceae | |
|---|---|
| Bathelium carolinianum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae Eschw. (1824) |
| Type genus | |
| Trypethelium Spreng. (1804) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Trypetheliaceae are a family of mainly lichen-forming fungi in the order Trypetheliales. The family consists almost exclusively of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens with an almost strictly tropical distribution.