Name: Lithothelium Müll. Arg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6 (1885) page 386 [basionym]
Synonym(s):
Pleurotrema Müll. Arg. (1885)
Trichotrema Clem. (1909)
Pleurotrematomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1957)
Plagiocarpa R.C. Harris (1973)
Status:
Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:
Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. [Family]
Pyrenulales Fink ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order]
Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass]
Eurotiomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class]
Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum]
Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum]
Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:
Species
Lithothelium almbornii R.C. Harris & Aptroot
Lithothelium australe Aptroot & H. Mayrhofer
Lithothelium austropacificum P.M. McCarthy
Lithothelium bahamense Riddle
Lithothelium concameratum (Stirton) Makhija, Adaw. & Patw.
Lithothelium cubanum Müll. Arg.
Lithothelium decumbens (Müll. Arg.) Aptroot
Lithothelium falklandicum (Nyl.) Aptroot
Lithothelium filisporum (Patw., Makhija & D. Rane) Kr.P. Singh & G.P. Sinha
Lithothelium hawaiiense Aptroot
Lithothelium himalayense Upreti & Aptroot
Lithothelium hyalosporum (Nyl.) Aptroot
Lithothelium illotum (Nyl.) Aptroot
Lithothelium indicum Patw., Makhija & Rane
Lithothelium insulare Makhija & Adaw.
Lithothelium japonicum H. Harada
Lithothelium macrosporum (R.C. Harris) Aptroot
Lithothelium microsporum R.C. Harris
Lithothelium neoindicum Amar Singh
Lithothelium obtectum (Müll. Arg.) Aptroot
Lithothelium paraguaense Müll. Arg.
Lithothelium paraguayense Müll. Arg.
Lithothelium phaeosporum (R.C. Harris) Aptroot
Lithothelium polysemum (Nyl.) Aptroot
Lithothelium septemseptatum (R.C. Harris) Aptroot
Lithothelium submuriforme R.C. Harris & Aptroot
Lithothelium triseptatum (Nyl.) Aptroot
Lithothelium violascens Malme
Cybertruffle Resources:
Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Biological Records Database (2 records)
Links:
Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA]
Genbank
Google images
IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection]
Index Fungorum
Landcare [New Zealand]
Mycobank
New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]