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Thelopsis
Thelopsis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae. The genus was established by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855 and contains small bark-dwelling crustose lichens that form thin crusts on surfaces. These lichens make flask-shaped fruiting bodies called perithecia, which contain numerous small ascospores divided by cross-walls. Recent molecular studies have revealed that the genus forms a closely related group within the broader Gyalecta complex, leading to taxonomic revisions that now recognise about a dozen species worldwide.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Thelopsis melathelia
speciesThelopsis melathelia

Thelopsis isiaca
speciesThelopsis isiaca

Thelopsis rubella
speciesThelopsis rubella

Thelopsis inordinata
speciesThelopsis inordinata
Thelopsis flaveola
speciesThelopsis flaveola
Thelopsis obscura
speciesThelopsis obscura
Thelopsis lojkana
speciesThelopsis lojkana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Thelopsis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 174819.