Leptotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1856 by Camille Montagne and Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch, with Leptotrema zollingeri assigned as the type species.[2]

Leptotrema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Leptotrema
Mont. & Bosch (1856)
Type species
Leptotrema zollingeri
Mont. & Bosch (1855)

Species

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As of March 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 15 species of Leptotrema.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leptotrema". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ Montagne, J.F.C. (1856). Sylloge generum specierumque plantarum cryptogamarum (in Latin). p. 363.
  3. ^ Oxner, A.N. (1960). "A new species of lichen Leptotrema lithophila sp. n. in the flora of the U.S.S.R.". Ukrainskiy Botanichnyi Zhurnal. 17 (4): 67–74.
  4. ^ Dodge, C.W. (1970). "Lichenological notes on the flora of the Antarctic Continent and the Subantarctic islands. IX-XI". Nova Hedwigia. 19 (3–4): 439–502.
  5. ^ Riddle, Lincoln W. (1923). "The lichens of the Isle of Pines". Mycologia. 15 (2): 68–88. doi:10.2307/3753574. JSTOR 3753574.