Melanotrema
TaxonMelanotrema
AuthorityFrisch (2006)
Type speciesMelanotrema platystomum
Type species authority(Mont.) Frisch (2006)
Subdivision ranksSpecies

Melanotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with M. platystomum assigned as the type species.[2]

Species

As of March 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 12 species of Melanotrema.[1]

References

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  2. ^ Frisch, A. & Kalb, K. (2006). "A monograph of Thelotremataceae with a complex structure of the columella". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 92: 371–516 [382]