''Gyrotrema'' 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
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Graphidaceae
The Graphidaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Graphidales. The family contains nearly a hundred genera and more than 2000 species. Although the family has a cosmopolitan distribution, most Graphidaceae species occur in tropic ...
. There are six species assigned to the genus:
* ''
Gyrotrema album''
* ''
Gyrotrema aurantiacum''
* ''
Gyrotrema flavum''
* ''
Gyrotrema papillatum''
* ''
Gyrotrema sinuosum''
* ''
Gyrotrema wirthii''
References
Graphidaceae
Lichen genera
Graphidales genera
Taxa described in 2006
Taxa named by Andreas Frisch
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