''Trapelia thieleana'' is a lichenised fungus in the family,

Trapeliaceae Trapeliaceae is a family of lichens in the order Baeomycetales. The family contains 12 genera and about 125 species. Taxonomy Trapeliaceae was originally circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1929. Hannes Hertel emended the f ...

. It was first described in 2014 by the mycologists,

Gintaras Kantvilas Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled ''Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens''. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 gener ...

, Steven Leavitt, John Elix and Thorsten Lumbsch. It has been found in mallee woodland, on loose stones and outcrops of ironstone, in Western Australia, and on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is distinguishable from ''T. coarctata'' by the bright yellow pigment patches on its upper surface.

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''Trapelia thieleana'': Occurrence data
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List of Australian lichens
{{taxonbar, from=Q22112051 Taxa named by John Alan Elix Lichen species Lichens described in 2014 Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch Baeomycetales