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Family of lichen-forming fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Order: | Thelocarpales Lücking & Lumbsch (2016) |
Family: | Thelocarpaceae Zukal (1893) |
Type genus | |
Thelocarpon Nyl. (1853) | |
Genera | |