Melanotrema Explained

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

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 12 species of Melanotrema.

• Melanotrema astrolucens
• Melanotrema columellatum
• Melanotrema comosum
• Melanotrema endomelaenum
• Melanotrema foratum
• Melanotrema lirelliforme
• Melanotrema lynceodes
• Melanotrema meiospermoides
• Melanotrema meiospermum
• Melanotrema melanophthalmum
• Melanotrema platystomum
• Melanotrema submicrosporoides