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Melanotrema
Sign in to saveMelanotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with M. platystomum assigned as the type species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderOstropales
- FamilyGraphidaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Graphidaceae
- Collections
- US, UFS, FH, B, WIS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Guyana, Brasil, Brazil, New Caledonia, Thailand, Sri Lanka
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Graphidaceae
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- taxon name
- Melanotrema
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Melanotrema platystomum
- taxon author citation
- A.Frisch
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Melanotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with M. platystomum assigned as the type species.
==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 12 species of Melanotrema. Melanotrema astrolucens Melanotrema columellatum Melanotrema comosum Melanotrema endomelaenum Melanotrema foratum Melanotrema lirelliforme Melanotrema lynceodes Melanotrema meiospermoides Melanotrema meiospermum Melanotrema melanophthalmum Melanotrema platystomum Melanotrema submicrosporoides
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melanotrema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.