Trypethelium
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| Trypethelium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Trypethelium Spreng. (1804) |
| Type species | |
| Trypethelium eluteriae Spreng. (1804) | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Trypethelium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. The widespread genus contains about 50 species predominantly found in tropical areas.[4] Trypethelium was circumscribed by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1804.