Name:		Trypetheliaceae Zenker apud Goebel, K.C.T.F.; Kunze, G., Pharmazeut. Waarenkunde (1827) page 123 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Astrotheliaceae Zahlbr. (1898)
Status:		Family, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Trypetheliales Lücking, Aptroot & Sipman [Order] Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Aptrootia Lücking & Sipman Architrypethelium Aptroot Asterothelium Astrothelium Eschw. Bathelium Ach. Bathelium Trevis. Buscalionia Sambo Campylothelium Müll. Arg. Cryptothelium A. Massal. Exiliseptum R.C. Harris Heufleria Trevis. Heufleria Trevis. Holstiella Henn. Laurera Rchb. Laureromyces Cif. & Tomas. Leightonia Trevis. Megalotremis Aptroot Meissneria Fée Melanothecomyces Cif. & Tomas. Meristosporum A. Massal. Phyllothelium Trevis. Plagiotrema Müll. Arg. Polymeridium (Müll. Arg.) R.C. Harris Porophora Zenker ex Göbelez Prototylium M. Choisy Pseudopyrenula Müll. Arg. Pyrenodium Fée Riddlea C.W. Dodge Trypetheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. Trypethelium Spreng.
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] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]