Gyalecta

Gyalecta
Gyalecta jenensis, Schwäbische Alb, Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Gyalectaceae
Genus: Gyalecta
Ach. (1808)
Type species
Gyalecta cupularis
(Hedw.) Schaer. (1826)
Species

~50

Synonyms[1][2]

Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species.[3] Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808.[4] It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.

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