Trypetheliaceae

Trypetheliaceae
Bathelium carolinianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Trypetheliales
Family: Trypetheliaceae
Eschw. (1824)
Type genus
Trypethelium
Spreng. (1804)
Synonyms[1][2]

The Trypetheliaceae are a family of mainly lichen-forming fungi in the order Trypetheliales.[3] The family consists almost exclusively of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens with an almost strictly tropical distribution.[4]

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