Melanotrema

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Melanotrema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Melanotrema
Frisch (2006)
Type species
Melanotrema platystomum
(Mont.) Frisch (2006)

Melanotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with M. platystomum assigned as the type species.[2]

Species[edit]

As of March 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 12 species of Melanotrema.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Melanotrema". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ Frisch, A.; Kalb, K. (2006). "A monograph of Thelotremataceae with a complex structure of the columella". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 92: 371–516 [382].