Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
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Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
==Selected species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 41 species of Gyalecta. Gyalecta amsterdamensis Gyalecta ancistrospora Gyalecta arbuti Gyalecta azorellae Gyalecta bicellulata Gyalecta biformis Gyalecta calcicola Gyalecta caudata Gyalecta caudiospora Gyalecta coralloidea Gyalecta derivata Gyalecta flotovii Gyalecta foveolaris Gyalecta geoica Gyalecta gyalizella Gyalecta herculina Gyalecta himalayensis Gyalecta hokkaidica Gyalecta incarnata Gyalecta jenensis Gyalecta kibiensis Gyalecta lumbrispora Gyalecta lyngei Gyalecta mediterranea Gyalecta nana Gyalecta nidarosiensis Gyalecta nigritella Gyalecta obesispora Gyalecta ophiospora Gyalecta pellucida Gyalecta perithecioidea Gyalecta pittieriana Gyalecta russula Gyalecta saxatilis Gyalecta stellaris Gyalecta titovii Gyalecta truncigena Gyalecta ulleungdoensis Gyalecta ulmi Gyalecta uniseptata Gyalecta uncinata Gyalecta vezdana
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