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Loop lichens
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Loop lichens

Hypotrachyna

Hypotrachyna is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Parmeliaceae. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains about 198 species. Hypotrachyna was circumscribed by American lichenologist Mason Ellsworth Hale Jr in 1974.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Parmelinopsis

subgenusParmelinopsis

Sinuosae

subgenusSinuosae

Hypotrachyna

subgenusHypotrachyna

Everniastrum

subgenusEverniastrum

Hypotrachyna lividescens

speciesHypotrachyna lividescens

Hypotrachyna laevigata

speciesHypotrachyna laevigata

Hypotrachyna taylorensis

speciesHypotrachyna taylorensis

Blistered Hypotrachyna

speciesHypotrachyna pustulifera

Hypotrachyna croceopustulata

speciesHypotrachyna croceopustulata

Hypotrachyna imbricatula

speciesHypotrachyna imbricatula

Hypotrachyna riparia

speciesHypotrachyna riparia

Hypotrachyna rockii

speciesHypotrachyna rockii

Hypotrachyna virginica

speciesHypotrachyna virginica

Hypotrachyna caraccensis

speciesHypotrachyna caraccensis

Hypotrachyna microblasta

speciesHypotrachyna microblasta

Hypotrachyna pulvinata

speciesHypotrachyna pulvinata

Oprah's Sunshine Lichen

speciesHypotrachyna oprah

Longilobae

subgenusLongilobae

Hypotrachyna thysanota

speciesHypotrachyna thysanota

Hypotrachyna bogotensis

speciesHypotrachyna bogotensis

Hypotrachyna gondylophora

speciesHypotrachyna gondylophora

Hypotrachyna lopezii

speciesHypotrachyna lopezii

Hypotrachyna corallifera

speciesHypotrachyna corallifera

Hypotrachyna dentella

speciesHypotrachyna dentella

Hypotrachyna ensifolia

speciesHypotrachyna ensifolia

Hypotrachyna subsaxatilis

speciesHypotrachyna subsaxatilis

Cetrariastrum

subgenusCetrariastrum

Hypotrachyna meridensis

speciesHypotrachyna meridensis

Hypotrachyna bahiana

speciesHypotrachyna bahiana

Hypotrachyna colensoica

speciesHypotrachyna colensoica

Hypotrachyna erythrodes

speciesHypotrachyna erythrodes

Hypotrachyna evansii

speciesHypotrachyna evansii

Hypotrachyna fissicarpa

speciesHypotrachyna fissicarpa

Hypotrachyna orientalis

speciesHypotrachyna orientalis

Hypotrachyna heterochroa

speciesHypotrachyna heterochroa

Hypotrachyna habenula

speciesHypotrachyna habenula

Hypotrachyna leeukopensis

speciesHypotrachyna leeukopensis

Hypotrachyna ligulata

speciesHypotrachyna ligulata

Hypotrachyna subpustulifera

speciesHypotrachyna subpustulifera

Hypotrachyna subformosana

speciesHypotrachyna subformosana

Hypotrachyna guatemalensis

speciesHypotrachyna guatemalensis

Hypotrachyna indica

speciesHypotrachyna indica

Hypotrachyna lueckingii

speciesHypotrachyna lueckingii

Hypotrachyna paracitrella

speciesHypotrachyna paracitrella

Hypotrachyna parasinuosa

speciesHypotrachyna parasinuosa

Hypotrachyna palmarum

speciesHypotrachyna palmarum

Hypotrachyna peruviana

speciesHypotrachyna peruviana

Hypotrachyna pluriformis

speciesHypotrachyna pluriformis

Hypotrachyna steyermarkii

speciesHypotrachyna steyermarkii

Hypotrachyna chlorina

speciesHypotrachyna chlorina

Hypotrachyna consimilis

speciesHypotrachyna consimilis

Hypotrachyna degelii

speciesHypotrachyna degelii

Hypotrachyna endochlora

speciesHypotrachyna endochlora

Hypotrachyna intercalanda

speciesHypotrachyna intercalanda

Hypotrachyna malmei

speciesHypotrachyna malmei

Hypotrachyna novella

speciesHypotrachyna novella

Hypotrachyna osorioi

speciesHypotrachyna osorioi

Hypotrachyna awasthii

speciesHypotrachyna awasthii

Hypotrachyna aspera

speciesHypotrachyna aspera

Hypotrachyna brasiliana

speciesHypotrachyna brasiliana

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