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 ...
ized
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
Stictidaceae
The Stictidaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Ostropales. It has 30 genera and about 240 species.
Taxonomy
The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849.
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. It 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 Finnish lichenologist
William Nylander
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type species
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.
Species
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Thelopsis africana
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelopsis rubella'' as the type speci ...
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Cape Verde
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Thelopsis cruciata
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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'' – Brazil
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Thelopsis gangwondoensis
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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'' – South Korea
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Thelopsis isiaca
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelopsis rubella'' as the type speci ...
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Thelopsis loekoesii
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1855, with ''Thelopsis rubella'' as the type speci ...
'' – South Korea
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Thelopsis melathelia
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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Thelopsis muriformis
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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'' – South Korea
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Thelopsis paucispora
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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Socotra
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Thelopsis ullungdoensis
''Thelopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Stictidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with '' Thelopsis rubella'' as the type species.
Species
*'' Thelopsis africana'' – Cape Verde
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