Gyalecta Explained
Gyalecta is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gyalectaceae that contains 50 species. Gyalecta was circumscribed by lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1808. It forms associations with Trentepohlia algae.
Selected species
, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 41 species of Gyalecta.
- Gyalecta amsterdamensis
- Gyalecta ancistrospora
- Gyalecta arbuti
- Gyalecta azorellae
- Gyalecta bicellulata
- Gyalecta biformis
- Gyalecta calcicola
- Gyalecta caudata
- Gyalecta caudiospora
- Gyalecta coralloidea
- Gyalecta derivata
- Gyalecta flotovii
- Gyalecta foveolaris
- Gyalecta geoica
- Gyalecta gyalizella
- Gyalecta herculina
- Gyalecta himalayensis
- Gyalecta hokkaidica
- Gyalecta incarnata
- Gyalecta jenensis
- Gyalecta kibiensis
- Gyalecta lumbrispora
- Gyalecta lyngei
- Gyalecta mediterranea
- Gyalecta nidarosiensis
- Gyalecta nigritella
- Gyalecta obesispora
- Gyalecta ophiospora
- Gyalecta pellucida
- Gyalecta perithecioidea
- Gyalecta pittieriana
- Gyalecta russula
- Gyalecta saxatilis
- Gyalecta stellaris
- Gyalecta titovii
- Gyalecta truncigena
- Gyalecta ulleungdoensis
- Gyalecta ulmi
- Gyalecta uniseptata
- Gyalecta uncinata
- Gyalecta vezdana
