''Gyalecta'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
-forming
fungi
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in the family
Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species.
''Gyalecta'' was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
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by lichenologist
Erik Acharius
Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.
Life
Ac ...
in 1808.
It forms associations with
Trentepohlia algae.
Selected species
,
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalogue of Life
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) accepts 41 species of ''Gyalecta''.
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Gyalecta amsterdamensis''
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Gyalecta ancistrospora''
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Gyalecta arbuti''
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Gyalecta azorellae
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta bicellulata
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta biformis
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta calcicola
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta caudata
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta caudiospora
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta coralloidea
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta derivata
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
Selected species
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Gyalecta flotovii
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta foveolaris
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta geoica''
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Gyalecta gyalizella''
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Gyalecta herculina''
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Gyalecta himalayensis''
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Gyalecta hokkaidica''
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Gyalecta incarnata''
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Gyalecta jenensis
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia (alga) ...
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Gyalecta kibiensis''
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Gyalecta lumbrispora''
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Gyalecta lyngei''
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Gyalecta mediterranea''
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Gyalecta nidarosiensis''
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Gyalecta nigritella''
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Gyalecta obesispora''
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Gyalecta ophiospora
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
Selected species
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Gyalecta pellucida''
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Gyalecta perithecioidea
''Gyalecta perithecioidea'' is a little-known species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Gyalectaceae. It is found in Brazil, where it grows on sheltered limestone in the Atlantic Forest.
Taxonomy
The lichen was des ...
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Gyalecta pittieriana''
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Gyalecta russula''
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Gyalecta saxatilis''
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Gyalecta stellaris''
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Gyalecta titovii''
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Gyalecta truncigena''
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Gyalecta ulleungdoensis''
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Gyalecta ulmi''
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Gyalecta uniseptata
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia (alga) ...
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Gyalecta uncinata''
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Gyalecta vezdana''
Gallery
Image:Gyalecta jenensis 280208.jpg, ''Gyalecta jenensis
''Gyalecta'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. ''Gyalecta'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia (alga) ...
'', Schwäbische Alb, Germany
Image:Gyalecta jenensis, Apothecien.jpg, ''Gyalecta jenensis'', Apothecien
Image:Gyalecta jenensis, Sporen gefärbt.jpg, ''Gyalecta jenensis'', colored spore
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References
Gyalectales
Gyalectales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Erik Acharius
Taxa described in 1808
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