Lithothelium | |
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Lithothelium hyalosporum; scale bar = 0.5 mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Pyrenulales |
Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
Genus: | Lithothelium Müll.Arg. (1885) |
Type species | |
Lithothelium cubanum Müll.Arg. (1885) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Lithothelium is a genusoflichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae.[2] Most of the species are found in tropical climates, and are usually corticolous (bark-dwelling) or saxicolous (rock-dwelling). The genus was circumscribed by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1885.[3]
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