The family Trypetheliaceae (Loculoascomycetes: lichenized Melanommatales) in Amazonian Brazil.

Abstract

The family Trypetheliaceae is redefined including a key to the genera. Exiliseptum gen. nov. is described. Keys to the species are provided for the six genera which occur in Amazonian Brazil along with brief comments on the three other genera. Thirty-five species are included, tem new species described and ten new combinations proposed.