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Thrombium
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Thrombium

Thrombium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Protothelenellaceae. The genus was established in 1831 by the German lichenologist Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth, who originally described numerous species under this name. Thrombium species are characterized by their extremely thin, often barely visible crusty thalli and tiny black fruiting bodies embedded in the substrate. These lichens grow on soil, rocks, mosses, and plant debris in various habitats around the world. The genus has undergone significant...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Thrombium epigaeum

speciesThrombium epigaeum

Thrombium discordans

speciesThrombium discordans

Thrombium mongolicum

speciesThrombium mongolicum

Thrombium aoristum

speciesThrombium aoristum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174813.