{{Short description|Genus of lichen-forming fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Gyalecta jenensis 280208a.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Gyalecta jenensis]]'', Schwäbische Alb, Germany | taxon = Gyalecta | authority = [[Ach.]] (1808) | type_species = ''[[Gyalecta cupularis]]'' | type_species_authority = ([[Hedw.]]) [[Ludwig Schaerer|Schaer.]] (1826) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ~50 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Species Fungorum"/><ref name="Lücking et al. 2019"/> | synonyms = *''Bacidiopsis'' {{small|[[Bagl.]] (1861)}} *''Belonia'' {{small|[[Körb.]] (1856)}} *''Beloniella'' {{small|[[Th.Fr.]] (1877)}} *''Beloniomyces'' {{small|[[Cif.]] & [[Tomas.]] (1953)}} *''Cryptolechia'' {{small|[[A.Massal.]] (1853)}} *''Gyalectomyces'' {{small|[[E.A.Thomas]] ex [[Cif.]] & Tomas. (1953)}} *''Phialopsis'' {{small|[[Gustav Wilhelm Körber|Körb.]] (1855)}} *''Secoliga'' {{small|[[Johannes Musæus Norman|Norman]] (1852)}} *''Volvaria'' {{small|[[DC.]] (1805)}} }}
'''''Gyalecta''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lichen]]-forming [[fungi]] in the family [[Gyalectaceae]] that contains 50 species.<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/> ''Gyalecta'' was [[circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscribed]] by lichenologist [[Erik Acharius]] in 1808.<ref name="Acharius 1808"/> It forms associations with [[Trentepohlia (alga)|Trentepohlia]] algae.
==Selected species== {{As of|2023|April}}, [[Species Fungorum]] (in the [[Catalogue of Life]]) accepts 41 species of ''Gyalecta''.<ref name="CoL"/> *''[[Gyalecta amsterdamensis]]'' {{small|Ertz (2021)}} *''[[Gyalecta ancistrospora]]'' {{small|Aptroot & K.H.Moon (2014)}} *''[[Gyalecta arbuti]]'' {{small|(Bagl.) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta azorellae]]'' {{small|Øvstedal (2007)}} *''[[Gyalecta bicellulata]]'' {{small|(Kalb) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta biformis]]'' {{small|(Körb.) H.Olivier (1911)}} *''[[Gyalecta calcicola]]'' {{small|(Walt.Watson) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta caudata]]'' {{small|(Kalb) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta caudiospora]]'' {{small|Z.F.Jia (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta coralloidea]]'' {{small|Kalb (2008)}} *''[[Gyalecta derivata]]'' {{small|(Nyl.) H.Olivier (1911)}} *''[[Gyalecta flotovii]]'' {{small|Körb. (1855)}} *''[[Gyalecta foveolaris]]'' {{small|(Ach.) Schaer. (1836)}} *''[[Gyalecta geoica]]'' {{small|(Wahlenb.) Ach. (1808)}} *''[[Gyalecta gyalizella]]'' {{small|(Nyl.) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta herculina]]'' {{small|(Rehm) Baloch, Lumbsch & Wedin (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta himalayensis]]'' {{small|(Vězda & Poelt) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta hokkaidica]]'' {{small|Gagarina (2015)}} *''[[Gyalecta incarnata]]'' {{small|(Th.Fr. & Graewe ex Th.Fr.) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta jenensis]]'' {{small|(Batsch) Zahlbr. (1924)}} *''[[Gyalecta kibiensis]]'' {{small|H.Harada & Yoshim. (2005)}} *''[[Gyalecta lumbrispora]]'' {{small|(Etayo) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta lyngei]]'' {{small|Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta mediterranea]]'' {{small|(Nav.-Ros. & Llimona) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta nana]]'' *''[[Gyalecta nidarosiensis]]'' {{small|(Kindt) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta nigritella]]'' {{small|Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand (2014)}} *''[[Gyalecta obesispora]]'' {{small|R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta ophiospora]]'' {{small|(Lettau) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta pellucida]]'' {{small|(Coppins & Malcolm) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta perithecioidea]]'' {{small|Aptroot (2020)}} *''[[Gyalecta pittieriana]]'' {{small|(Kalb, G.Lugo & J.E.Hern.) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta russula]]'' {{small|(Körb. ex Nyl.) Baloch, Lumbsch & Wedin (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta saxatilis]]'' {{small|(Vězda) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta stellaris]]'' {{small|(Müll.Arg.) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta titovii]]'' {{small|Gagarina (2011)}} *''[[Gyalecta truncigena]]'' {{small|(Ach.) Hepp (1853)}} *''[[Gyalecta ulleungdoensis]]'' {{small|S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2019)}} *''[[Gyalecta ulmi]]'' {{small|(Sw.) Zahlbr. (1890)}} *''[[Gyalecta uniseptata]]'' {{small|Aptroot (2020)}} *''[[Gyalecta uncinata]]'' {{small|(P.M.McCarthy & Kantvilas) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}} *''[[Gyalecta vezdana]]'' {{small|(Malcolm & Coppins) Baloch & Lücking (2013)}}
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Gyalecta jenensis 280208.jpg|''[[Gyalecta jenensis]]'', Schwäbische Alb, Germany </gallery> <gallery> Image:Gyalecta jenensis, Apothecien.jpg|''Gyalecta jenensis'', Apothecien </gallery> <gallery> Image:Gyalecta jenensis, Sporen gefärbt.jpg|''Gyalecta jenensis'', colored [[spore]]s </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Acharius 1808">{{cite journal |last1=Acharius |last2=E. |title=Förteckning på de i Sverige våxande arter af Lafvarnas Familj |journal=Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar |year=1808 |volume=29 |pages=228–237 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
<ref name="CoL">{{Catalogue of Life |id=4RP2 |title=''Gyalecta'' |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> <ref name="Lücking et al. 2019">{{cite journal |last1=Lücking |first1=Robert |last2=Moncada |first2=Bibiana |last3=Hawksworth |first3=David L. |title=Gone with the wind: sequencing its type species supports inclusion of ''Cryptolechia'' in ''Gyalecta'' (Ostropales: Gyalectaceae) |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=51 |issue=4 |year=2019 |pages=287–299 |doi=10.1017/S0024282919000240|s2cid=202029051 }}</ref>
<ref name="Species Fungorum">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Gyalecta'' Ach. |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2154 |publisher=[[Species Fungorum]] |accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=LKT |last3=Al-Ani |first4=S |last4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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[[Category:Gyalectales]] [[Category:Gyalectales genera]] [[Category:Lichen genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by Erik Acharius]] [[Category:Taxa described in 1808]]
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