''Viridothelium'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.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 ...

. It has 11 species. 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 ...

Robert Lücking Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves. Life and career Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the Univer ...

Matthew Nelsen, and

André Aptroot André Aptroot (Heemskerk, 1961) is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist. In 1993 he did his PhD at the University of Utrecht under the supervision of Robbert Gradstein (nl). His dissertation was titled "Systematic studies on pyrenocarpous li ...

in 2016, with ''

Viridothelium virens ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with '' Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

'' 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 ...

. Lichens in this genus were previously assigned to 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 ...

'', as part of the ''Trypethelium virens''

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Species

*''

Viridothelium cinereoglaucescens ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with '' Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

'' *'' Viridothelium indutum'' *''

Viridothelium inspersum ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with '' Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

'' *'' Viridothelium kinabaluense'' *'' Viridothelium leptoseptatum'' *'' Viridothelium megaspermum'' *''

Viridothelium solomonense ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with ''Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

'' *''

Viridothelium tricolor ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with ''Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

'' *'' Viridothelium ustulatum'' *''

'' *''

Viridothelium vonkonratii ''Viridothelium'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. It has 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking Matthew Nelsen, and André Aptroot in 2016, with ''Viridothelium virens'' assigned as the type ...

References

Trypetheliaceae Dothideomycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2016 Taxa named by André Aptroot Taxa named by Robert Lücking {{Dothideomycetes-stub