Thelocarpaceae
Family of lichen-forming fungi
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Thelocarpaceae is the sole family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Thelocarpales. The family contains two genera, Sarcosagium and Thelocarpon.[1] The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Hugo Zukal in 1893,[2] while the order was proposed by Robert Lücking and H. Thorsten Lumbsch in 2016.[3]
| Thelocarpaceae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Order: | Thelocarpales Lücking & Lumbsch (2016) |
| Family: | Thelocarpaceae Zukal (1893) |
| Type genus | |
| Thelocarpon Nyl. (1853) | |
| Genera | |
Genera
- Sarcosagium A.Massal. – 1 sp.
- Thelocarpon Nyl. (1853) – 25 spp.
