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Thelomma

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Thelomma
Thelomma mammosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Thelomma
A.Massal. (1860)
Type species
Thelomma mammosum
(Hepp) A.Massal. (1860)
Species

T. californicum
T. carolinianum
T. mammosum
T. occidentale
T. ocellatum
T. santessonii

Thelomma is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The genus is widely distributed and contains seven species.[1] Thelomma was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 687. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Massalongo AB (1860). "Esame comparativo di alcune genere di licheni". Atti dell'Istituto Veneto Scienze (in Italian). 5 (3): 247–76.