Melaspilea | |
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Melaspilea ochrothalamia, found in Sintra, Portugal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Eremithallales |
Family: | Melaspileaceae |
Genus: | Melaspilea Nyl. (1857) |
Type species | |
Melaspilea arthonioides (A.Massal.) Nyl. (1857)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Melaspilea is a genus of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the family Melaspileaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1857.