''Astrothelium'' is a
genus
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of
corticolous (bark-dwelling)
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[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
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Not every polyg ...
in 1824 by German botanist
Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''
Astrothelium conicum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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'' 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 specimen ...
.
Species
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Species Fungorum accepts 241 species in ''Astrothelium''.
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Astrothelium aenascens
''Astrothelium aenascens'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected from ...
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Astrothelium aeneoides''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium aeneum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium alboverrucoides''
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Astrothelium alboverrucum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium amazonum''
*''
Astrothelium ambiguum''
*''
Astrothelium amylosporum''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium andamanicum''
*''
Astrothelium annulare''
*''
Astrothelium astrolucidum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium aurantiacocinereum''
*''
Astrothelium aurantiacum''
*''
Astrothelium auratum''
*''
Astrothelium aureomaculatum''
*''
Astrothelium basilicum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium bicolor
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium bivelum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium buckii''
*''
Astrothelium bullatothallinum''
– Venezuela
*''
Astrothelium bullatum''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium calosporum''
*''
Astrothelium campylocartilagineum''
*''
Astrothelium carassense''
*''
Astrothelium carrascoense''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium cartilagineum''
*''
Astrothelium cayennense
''Astrothelium cayennense'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in French Guiana, it was formally described as a new species in 2019 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sipman. The typ ...
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– French Guiana
*''
Astrothelium cecidiogenum''
*''
Astrothelium ceratinum''
*''
Astrothelium chapadense''
*''
Astrothelium chrysoglyphum''
*''
Astrothelium chrysostomum''
*''
Astrothelium cinereorosellum''
*''
Astrothelium cinereum''
*''
Astrothelium clypeatum''
*''
Astrothelium coccineum''
– Mexico
*''
Astrothelium colombiense''
*''
Astrothelium condoricum''
*''
Astrothelium confluens
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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*''
Astrothelium conicum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium conjugatum
''Astrothelium conjugatum'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae, first described in 2016. It is known to occur in Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
The species was species description, ...
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Astrothelium consimile''
*''
Astrothelium corallinum''
*''
Astrothelium corticatum''
*''
Astrothelium crassum''
*''
Astrothelium cryptolucens''
*''
Astrothelium curvatum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium curvisporum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium decemseptatum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium deforme''
*''
Astrothelium defossum''
*''
Astrothelium degenerans
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium diaphanocorticatum
''Astrothelium diaphanocorticatum'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2019 by lichen ...
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– Papua New Guinea
*''
Astrothelium dicoloratum''
*''
Astrothelium dimidioinspersum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium disjunctum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium dissimilum''
*''
Astrothelium duplicatum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium ecuadorense''
*''
Astrothelium effusum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium elixii''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium endochryseum''
*''
Astrothelium eumultiseptatum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium eustomurale
''Astrothelium eustomurale'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologi ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium exostemmatis
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium fallax''
*''
Astrothelium feei
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium ferrugineum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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*''
Astrothelium fijiense''
*''
Astrothelium flavocoronatum''
*''
Astrothelium flavoduplex
''Astrothelium flavoduplex'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologis ...
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– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium flavomaculatum''
*''
Astrothelium flavomegaspermum''
*''
Astrothelium flavomeristosporum''
*''
Astrothelium flavomurisporum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium flavostiolatum''
*''
Astrothelium flavostromatum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium flavum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium galbineum''
*''
Astrothelium galligenum''
*''
Astrothelium gigantosporum''
*''
Astrothelium globosum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium graphicum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium grossoides''
*''
Astrothelium guianense''
*''
Astrothelium indicum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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*''
Astrothelium infossum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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*''
Astrothelium infuscatulum''
*''
Astrothelium inspersaeneum''
*''
Astrothelium inspersoconicum''
*''
Astrothelium inspersogalbineum''
*''
Astrothelium inspersotuberculosum''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium intermedium''
*''
Astrothelium introflavidum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium irregulare''
*''
Astrothelium isohypocrellinum''
*''
Astrothelium keralense''
*''
Astrothelium komposchii''
*''
Astrothelium kunzei''
*''
Astrothelium laevithallinum''
*''
Astrothelium laurerosphaerioides''
*''
Astrothelium leioplacum''
*''
Astrothelium leucosessile''
*''
Astrothelium lineatum''
*''
Astrothelium longisporum
''Astrothelium longisporum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It occurs in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Taxonomy
The lichen was formally described in 2016 by the lichenologists And ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium lucidomedullatum
''Astrothelium lucidomedullatum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Ecuador, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The type s ...
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Astrothelium lucidostromum''
*''
Astrothelium lucidothallinum''
*''
Astrothelium lugescens''
*''
Astrothelium luridum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium macrocarpum''
*''
Astrothelium macroeustomum
''Astrothelium macroeustomum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in French Guiana, it was formally described as a new species in 2019 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sipman. The ...
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– French Guiana
*''
Astrothelium macrosporum''
*''
Astrothelium macrostiolatum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium macrostomoides''
*''
Astrothelium macrostomum
''Astrothelium macrostomum'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
The species was species description, formally d ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium marcidum''
*''
Astrothelium mediocrassum''
*''
Astrothelium megacrypticum''
*''
Astrothelium megaeneum
''Astrothelium megaeneum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and André Aptroot. The type specime ...
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– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium megaleium''
*''
Astrothelium megalophthalmum''
*''
Astrothelium megalostomum''
*''
Astrothelium megaspermum''
*''
Astrothelium megatropicum''
*''
Astrothelium megeustomum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium megeustomurale''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium meghalayense''
*''
Astrothelium megochroleucum
''Astrothelium megochroleucum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in El Salvador, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot. The ty ...
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Astrothelium meiophorum''
*''
Astrothelium meristosporoides''
*''
Astrothelium meristosporum''
*''
Astrothelium mesoduplex
''Astrothelium mesoduplex'' is a species of lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It is similar to '' A. flavoduplex'' but has larger and lacks lichexanthone. This lichen species has been found only in Brazil, particularly in primary fores ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium miniannulare''
*''
Astrothelium minicecidiogenum''
– Costa Rica
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Astrothelium mordonialense''
*''
Astrothelium neglectum''
*''
Astrothelium neodiplocarpum''
– Bolivia
*''
Astrothelium neogalbineum''
*''
Astrothelium neoinspersum''
*''
Astrothelium neovariolosum''
*''
Astrothelium nicaraguense''
*''
Astrothelium nigratum''
*''
Astrothelium nigrocacuminum
''Astrothelium nigrocacuminum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Adam Flakus, Martin Kukwa, and André Aptro ...
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– Bolivia
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Astrothelium nigrorufum''
*''
Astrothelium nigrum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium nitidiusculum''
*''
Astrothelium nitidulum''
*''
Astrothelium norisianum''
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Astrothelium novemseptatum
''Astrothelium novemseptatum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It was first identified in Brazil, and has since been found in Guyana and Colombia. The lichen is characterized by its , smooth, an ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium obtectum''
*''
Astrothelium ochroleucoides''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium octoseptatum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium octosporoides''
*''
Astrothelium octosporum''
*''
Astrothelium oligocarpum''
*''
Astrothelium olivaceofuscum''
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Astrothelium palaeoexostemmatis
''Astrothelium palaeoexostemmatis'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in northern Thailand, it was formally described as a new species in 2019 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sip ...
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– Thailand
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Astrothelium pallidoflavum''
– Bolivia
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Astrothelium papillosum''
*''
Astrothelium papulosum''
*''
Astrothelium peranceps''
*''
Astrothelium perspersum''
*''
Astrothelium phaeothelium''
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Astrothelium philippinense
''Astrothelium philippinense'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in the Philippines, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2016 by ...
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Astrothelium phlyctaena''
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Astrothelium pictum''
– Brazil
*''
Astrothelium porosum''
*''
Astrothelium praetervisum''
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Astrothelium pseudannulare
''Astrothelium pseudannulare'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Ecuador, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Dutch lichenologists André Aptroot and Javier ...
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Astrothelium pseudodissimulum''
*''
Astrothelium pseudoferrugineum''
*''
Astrothelium pseudomegalophthalmum''
*''
Astrothelium pseudoplatystomum''
*''
Astrothelium pseudovariatum''
*''
Astrothelium puiggarii''
*''
Astrothelium pulcherrimum''
*''
Astrothelium pupula''
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Astrothelium purpurascens
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium pustulatum''
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Astrothelium pyrenuliforme
''Astrothelium pyrenuliforme'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Bolivia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists Adam Flakus and André Aptroot. The type spe ...
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– Bolivia
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Astrothelium quasimamillanum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium quatuorseptatum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium rhinothallinum
''Astrothelium rhinothallinum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae, first described in 2018. It is found in Brazil.
Taxonomy
''Astrothelium rhinothallinum'' was formally described by th ...
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Astrothelium rimosum''
*''
Astrothelium robustosporum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium rogitamae''
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Astrothelium rubrocrystallinum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium rubrostiolatum
''Astrothelium rubrostiolatum'' is a species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was species description, formally described as a new species in 2017 by Marcela Eugenia da S ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium rufescens''
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Astrothelium sanguinarium
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium sanguineoxanthum''
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Astrothelium santessonii''
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Astrothelium saxicola''
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Astrothelium scoria''
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Astrothelium scoriothelium''
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Astrothelium scorizum''
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Astrothelium septemseptatum''
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Astrothelium sexloculatum''
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Astrothelium siamense
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium sierraleonense''
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Astrothelium sikkimense''
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Astrothelium simplex
''Astrothelium simplex'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae, first described in 2016. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Taxonomy
''Astrothelium simplex'' was formally descri ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium sinuosum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium sipmanii''
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Astrothelium solitarium''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium sordithecium''
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Astrothelium spectabile''
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Astrothelium sphaerioides''
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Astrothelium stramineum''
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Astrothelium straminicolor
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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Astrothelium stromatofluorescens''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium studerae''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium subcatervarium''
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Astrothelium subdiscretum''
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Astrothelium subdisjunctum''
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Astrothelium subdissocians''
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Astrothelium subendochryseum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with ''Astrothelium ...
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Astrothelium subinterjectum''
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Astrothelium subnitidiusculum''
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Astrothelium subscoria''
– Bolivia
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Astrothelium sulphureum''
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Astrothelium superbum''
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Astrothelium supraclandestinum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium tanianum''
– Malaysia
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Astrothelium tenue
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium testudineum
''Astrothelium testudineum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. It is found in Brazil.
Taxonomy
The lichen was fornally described as a new species in 2016 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Ma ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium tetrasporum
''Astrothelium tetrasporum'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae, first described in 2016. It is found in Brazil.
Taxonomy
''Astrothelium tetrasporum'' was formally described by lichenol ...
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– Brazil
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Astrothelium thelotremoides''
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Astrothelium trematum''
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Astrothelium trypethelioides''
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Astrothelium trypethelizans''
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Astrothelium tuberculosum''
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Astrothelium ubianense''
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Astrothelium ultralucens''
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Astrothelium unisporum''
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Astrothelium valsoides''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium variabile''
– Bolivia
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Astrothelium variatum
''Astrothelium'' is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichens in the family Trypetheliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1824 by German botanist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler, with '' Astrothelium conicum'' assigned as the type species.
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Astrothelium vezdae''
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Astrothelium vulcanum''
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Astrothelium xanthosuperbum''
– Brazil
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Astrothelium zebrinum''
References
Lichen genera
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1824
Taxa named by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler
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