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Trypethelium

Trypethelium
Trypethelium neogalbineum 195257.jpg
Trypethelium neogalbineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Trypetheliales
Family: Trypetheliaceae
Genus: Trypethelium
Spreng. (1804)
Type species
Trypethelium eluteriae
Spreng.
Species

~50, see text

Synonyms

Phyllothelium Trevis. (1861) Trypetheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)


~50, see text

Phyllothelium Trevis. (1861) Trypetheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Trypethelium is a genus of lichenized fungi within the Trypetheliaceae family. The widespread genus contains about 50 species that are predominantly found in tropical areas.Trypethelium was circumscribed by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1804.



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