''Architrypethelium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
lichen-forming
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Trypetheliaceae
The Trypetheliaceae are a family of mainly lichen-forming fungi in the order Trypetheliales.
Genera
*'' Alloarthopyrenia'' – 1 sp.
*''Aptrootia'' – 3 spp.
*'' Architrypethelium'' – 8 spp.
*''Astrothelium'' – ca. 275 spp.
*'' Bathel ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
in 1991 by Dutch lichenologist
André Aptroot, with ''
A. seminudum'' assigned as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
. It is a segregate of genus ''
Trypethelium
''Trypethelium'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. The widespread genus contains about 50 species that are predominantly found in tropical areas. ''Trypethelium'' was circumscribed by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joa ...
''.
Species
*''
Architrypethelium barrerae''
– Mexico
*''
Architrypethelium columbianum''
*''
Architrypethelium grande''
*''
Architrypethelium hyalinum''
– Costa Rica
*''
Architrypethelium lauropaluanum''
*''
Architrypethelium murisporum''
– Thailand
*''
Architrypethelium nitens''
*''
Architrypethelium penuriixanthum''
– Bolivia
*''
Architrypethelium seminudum''
*''
Architrypethelium uberinum''
References
Trypetheliaceae
Lichen genera
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1991
Taxa named by André Aptroot
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