''Trapeliopsis'' 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
lichenized
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
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 contains 20 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1980 by
Hannes Hertel
Hannes Hertel is a German botanist and taxonomist and was Director of the State Herbarium in Munich, Germany 1992 - 2004. His specialist areas are the fungi and lichens.
Early life and education
Hannes Hertel was born in 1939. His doctorate was ...
and Gotthard Schneider, with ''
Trapeliopsis wallrothii'' designated 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 ...
.
Species
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Trapeliopsis aeneofusca''
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Trapeliopsis bisorediata''
– North America
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Trapeliopsis californica''
– North America
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Trapeliopsis colensoi''
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Trapeliopsis congregans''
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Trapeliopsis flexuosa''
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Trapeliopsis gelatinosa
''Trapeliopsis'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae. It contains 20 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 1980 by Hannes Hertel and Gotthard Schneider, with ''Trapeliopsis wallrothii'' designat ...
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Trapeliopsis glaucolepidea''
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Trapeliopsis glaucopholis''
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Trapeliopsis granulosa''
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Trapeliopsis gymnidiata''
– Macaronesia
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Trapeliopsis gyrocarpa''
– Australia
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Trapeliopsis percrenata''
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Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa''
– Europe
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Trapeliopsis steppica''
– North America
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Trapeliopsis studerae''
– Brazil
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Trapeliopsis thermophila''
– Australia
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Trapeliopsis viridescens''
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Trapeliopsis wallrothii''
References
Baeomycetales
Lichen genera
Baeomycetales genera
Taxa described in 1980
Taxa named by Hannes Hertel
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