Gyalectidium Explained

Gyalectidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gomphillaceae. A 2020 estimates placed 52 species in the genus. The genus was circumscribed by Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1881. He included 3 species: G. xantholeucum, G. dispersum, and G. filicinum; the last of these is now the type species of the genus.

Species

• Gyalectidium appendiculatum
• Gyalectidium areolatum
• Gyalectidium atrosquamulatum
• Gyalectidium aurelii
• Gyalectidium australe
• Gyalectidium barbatum – Mexico
• Gyalectidium catenulatum
• Gyalectidium caucasicum
• Gyalectidium chilense
• Gyalectidium ciliatum
• Gyalectidium cinereodiscus
• Gyalectidium conchiferum
• Gyalectidium denticulatum
• Gyalectidium fantasticum
• Gyalectidium filicinum
• Gyalectidium flabellatum
• Gyalectidium floridense – Florida, USA
• Gyalectidium fuscum
• Gyalectidium gahavisukanam
• Gyalectidium imperfectum
• Gyalectidium kenyanum
• Gyalectidium laciniatum
• Gyalectidium macaronesicum
• Gyalectidium maracae
• Gyalectidium membranaceum
• Gyalectidium microcarpum
• Gyalectidium minus
• Gyalectidium nashii
• Gyalectidium novoguineense
• Gyalectidium pallidum
• Gyalectidium paolae
• Gyalectidium plicatum
• Gyalectidium puntilloi
• Gyalectidium radiatum
• Gyalectidium rosae-emiliae
• Gyalectidium sanmartinense
• Gyalectidium shimanense – Japan
• Gyalectidium tuckerae – Louisiana, USA
• Gyalectidium ulloae – Mexico
• Gyalectidium verruculosum
• Gyalectidium viride – Alabama, USA
• Gyalectidium yahriae – Florida, USA