''Trypethelium'' is a

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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 ...

ized

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in the family

Trypetheliaceae The Trypetheliaceae are a family of mainly lichen-forming fungi in the order Trypetheliales. The family consists almost exclusively of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens with an almost strictly tropical distribution. Taxonomy Trypethe ...

. The widespread genus contains about 50 species predominantly found in

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areas. ''Trypethelium'' was

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by German botanist

Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four vol ...

in 1804.

Species

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Trypethelium astroideum ''Trypethelium'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. The widespread genus contains about 50 species predominantly found in tropical areas. ''Trypethelium'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by German botanist ...

'' – Bolivia *'' Trypethelium eluteriae'' *'' Trypethelium epileucodes'' *'' Trypethelium globolucidum'' *'' Trypethelium infraeluteriae'' *'' Trypethelium luteolucidum'' *'' Trypethelium medians'' *'' Trypethelium muriforme'' – Brazil *'' Trypethelium papillosum'' *'' Trypethelium tolimense'' *'' Trypethelium variolosum'' *'' Trypethelium xanthoplatystomum'' – Bolivia

References

Trypetheliaceae Dothideomycetes genera Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel Taxa described in 1804 {{Dothideomycetes-stub