Trypethelium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Trypetheliales |
Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
Genus: | Trypethelium Spreng. (1804) |
Type species | |
Trypethelium eluteriae Spreng. (1804) | |
Species | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Trypethelium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. The widespread genus contains about 50 species predominantly found in tropical areas. [4] Trypethelium was circumscribed by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1804.