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Aspidothelium

Aspidothelium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. All species in the genus have a tropical distribution and are crustose with a chlorococcoid photobiont partner. Most Aspidothelium species are foliicolous (leaf-dwelling), although some corticolous (bark-dwelling) species are known, as well as a single saxicolous (rock-dwelling) member.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Aspidothelium cinerascens

speciesAspidothelium cinerascens

Aspidothelium geminiparum

speciesAspidothelium geminiparum

Aspidothelium scutellicarpum

speciesAspidothelium scutellicarpum

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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 175979.