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Thelidium
Sign in to saveThelidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was established in 1855 by the Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo, who distinguished it from related genera by its point-like fruiting bodies with distinctive double walls and granular spores. These lichens form thin crusts on rock surfaces and reproduce through tiny, black, flask-shaped structures that contain spores. The genus includes about 27 species found worldwide, ranging from common European species to more recently discovered ones from Asia and Australia.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderVerrucariales
- FamilyVerrucariaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 334
- With media
- 178
- Family
- Verrucariaceae
- Collections
- US, SBBG, DUKE, NY, KU, LSU
- Recorded in
- United States, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Puerto Rico, Czechia, France / Spain
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Verrucariaceae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Thelidium
- taxon common name
- Schotstippelkorst
- taxon author citation
- A. Massal.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
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Thelidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was established in 1855 by the Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo, who distinguished it from related genera by its point-like fruiting bodies with distinctive double walls and granular spores. These lichens form thin crusts on rock surfaces and reproduce through tiny, black, flask-shaped structures that contain spores. The genus includes about 27 species found worldwide, ranging from common European species to more recently discovered ones from Asia and Australia.
==Taxonomy==
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