Gyalecta | |
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Gyalecta jenensis, Schwäbische Alb, Germany | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Gyalectaceae |
Genus: |
Gyalecta Ach. (1808) |
Type species | |
Gyalecta cupularis | |
Species | |
~50 | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. [3] Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. [4] It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
As of April 2023 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 41 species of Gyalecta. [5]
Gyalecta | |
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Gyalecta jenensis, Schwäbische Alb, Germany | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Gyalectaceae |
Genus: |
Gyalecta Ach. (1808) |
Type species | |
Gyalecta cupularis | |
Species | |
~50 | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. [3] Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. [4] It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
As of April 2023 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 41 species of Gyalecta. [5]