| Thelotrema | |
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| Thelotrema lepadinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Thelotrema Ach. (1803) |
| Type species | |
| Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach. (1803)
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Thelotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae,[1] the family to which all taxa in the former Thelotremataceae[2] now belong.
Members of the genus Thelotrema are commonly called barnacle lichens.[3][4]
- ^ Mangold, Armin; Martín, María P.; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2008). "Molecular Phylogeny Suggests Synonymy of Thelotremataceae within Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales)". Taxon. 2: 476–486.
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
- ^ Barnacle Lichen (Thelotrema), Encyclopedia of Life