Genus of lichen-forming fungi
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[update] , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life ) accepts 12 species of Melanotrema .[ 1]
References
^ a b "Melanotrema " . Catalogue of Life . Species 2000 : Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 March 2023 .
^ Frisch, A.; Kalb, K. (2006). "A monograph of Thelotremataceae with a complex structure of the columella". Bibliotheca Lichenologica . 92 : 371–516 [382].