genus
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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 Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was
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by Finnish lichenologist
William Nylander
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in 1855, with ''
Thelenella modesta
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thel ...
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type species
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Thelenella calcicola
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelenella modesta'' assigned as the type species.
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Thelenella kerguelena
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelenella modesta'' assigned as the type species.
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Thelenella larbalestieri
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelenella modesta'' assigned as the type species.
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Thelenella lateralis
''Thelenella lateralis'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Thelenellaceae. This species is notable for its eccentric ostiole (off-centre opening) and irregularly ascospores (spores with multiple chamber ...
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Thelenella luridella
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thel ...
Thelenella modesta
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thel ...
Thelenella sampaiana
''Thelenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelenella modesta'' assigned as the type species.
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