# Gyalecta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gyalecta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gyalecta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalecta > Source revision: 1343968249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of lichen-forming fungi Gyalecta Gyalecta jenensis, Schwäbische Alb, Germany Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes Order: Gyalectales Family: Gyalectaceae Genus: Gyalecta Ach. (1808) Type species Gyalecta cupularis (Hedw.) Schaer. (1826) Species ~50 Synonyms[1][2] Bacidiopsis Bagl. (1861) Belonia Körb. (1856) Beloniella Th.Fr. (1877) Beloniomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Cryptolechia A.Massal. (1853) Gyalectomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Phialopsis Körb. (1855) Secoliga Norman (1852) Volvaria DC. (1805) ***Gyalecta*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [lichen](/source/Lichen)-forming [fungi](/source/Fungi) in the family [Gyalectaceae](/source/Gyalectaceae) that contains 50 species.[3] *Gyalecta* was [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by lichenologist [Erik Acharius](/source/Erik_Acharius) in 1808.[4] It forms associations with [Trentepohlia](/source/Trentepohlia_(alga)) algae. ## Selected species As of April 2023[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta&action=edit), [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum) (in the [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)) accepts 41 species of *Gyalecta*.[5] - *[Gyalecta amsterdamensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_amsterdamensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ertz (2021) - *[Gyalecta ancistrospora](/source/Gyalecta_ancistrospora)* Aptroot & K.H.Moon (2014) - *[Gyalecta arbuti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_arbuti&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bagl.) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta azorellae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_azorellae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Øvstedal (2007) - *[Gyalecta bicellulata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_bicellulata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Kalb) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019) - *[Gyalecta biformis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_biformis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Körb.) H.Olivier (1911) - *[Gyalecta calcicola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_calcicola&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Walt.Watson) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta caudata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_caudata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Kalb) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019) - *[Gyalecta caudiospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_caudiospora&action=edit&redlink=1)* Z.F.Jia (2019) - *[Gyalecta coralloidea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_coralloidea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kalb (2008) - *[Gyalecta derivata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_derivata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Nyl.) H.Olivier (1911) - *[Gyalecta flotovii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_flotovii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Körb. (1855) - *[Gyalecta foveolaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_foveolaris&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Ach.) Schaer. (1836) - *[Gyalecta geoica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_geoica&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Wahlenb.) Ach. (1808) - *[Gyalecta gyalizella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_gyalizella&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Nyl.) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta herculina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_herculina&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Rehm) Baloch, Lumbsch & Wedin (2013) - *[Gyalecta himalayensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_himalayensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Vězda & Poelt) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta hokkaidica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_hokkaidica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Gagarina (2015) - *[Gyalecta incarnata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_incarnata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Th.Fr. & Graewe ex Th.Fr.) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta jenensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_jenensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Batsch) Zahlbr. (1924) - *[Gyalecta kibiensis](/source/Gyalecta_kibiensis)* H.Harada & Yoshim. (2005) - *[Gyalecta lumbrispora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_lumbrispora&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Etayo) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta lyngei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_lyngei&action=edit&redlink=1)* Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta mediterranea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_mediterranea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Nav.-Ros. & Llimona) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta nana](/source/Gyalecta_nana)* - *[Gyalecta nidarosiensis](/source/Gyalecta_nidarosiensis)* (Kindt) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta nigritella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_nigritella&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand (2014) - *[Gyalecta obesispora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_obesispora&action=edit&redlink=1)* R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2013) - *[Gyalecta ophiospora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_ophiospora&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lettau) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta pellucida](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_pellucida&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Coppins & Malcolm) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta perithecioidea](/source/Gyalecta_perithecioidea)* Aptroot (2020) - *[Gyalecta pittieriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_pittieriana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Kalb, G.Lugo & J.E.Hern.) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019) - *[Gyalecta russula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_russula&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Körb. ex Nyl.) Baloch, Lumbsch & Wedin (2013) - *[Gyalecta saxatilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_saxatilis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Vězda) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019) - *[Gyalecta stellaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_stellaris&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Müll.Arg.) D.Hawksw. & Lücking (2019) - *[Gyalecta titovii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_titovii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Gagarina (2011) - *[Gyalecta truncigena](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_truncigena&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Ach.) Hepp (1853) - *[Gyalecta ulleungdoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_ulleungdoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2019) - *[Gyalecta ulmi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_ulmi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Sw.) Zahlbr. (1890) - *[Gyalecta uniseptata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_uniseptata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Aptroot (2020) - *[Gyalecta uncinata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_uncinata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (P.M.McCarthy & Kantvilas) Baloch & Lücking (2013) - *[Gyalecta vezdana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_vezdana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Malcolm & Coppins) Baloch & Lücking (2013) ## Gallery - *[Gyalecta jenensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyalecta_jenensis&action=edit&redlink=1)*, Schwäbische Alb, Germany - *Gyalecta jenensis*, Apothecien - *Gyalecta jenensis*, colored [spores](/source/Spore) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Species_Fungorum_1-0)** ["Synonymy: *Gyalecta* Ach"](http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2154). [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum). Retrieved 1 August 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lücking_et_al._2019_2-0)** Lücking, Robert; Moncada, Bibiana; Hawksworth, David L. (2019). "Gone with the wind: sequencing its type species supports inclusion of *Cryptolechia* in *Gyalecta* (Ostropales: Gyalectaceae)". *The Lichenologist*. **51** (4): 287–299. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0024282919000240](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0024282919000240). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [202029051](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:202029051). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wijayawardene_et_al._2020_3-0)** Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). ["Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa"](https://doi.org/10.5943%2Fmycosphere%2F11%2F1%2F8). *Mycosphere*. **11**: 1060–1456. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8](https://doi.org/10.5943%2Fmycosphere%2F11%2F1%2F8). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10481/61998](https://hdl.handle.net/10481%2F61998). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Acharius_1808_4-0)** Acharius; E. (1808). "Förteckning på de i Sverige våxande arter af Lafvarnas Familj". *Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar* (in Swedish). **29**: 228–237. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL_5-0)** ["*Gyalecta*"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4RP2). *[Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)*. [Species 2000](/source/Species_2000): Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 12 April 2023. Taxon identifiers Gyalecta Wikidata: Q5623941 Wikispecies: Gyalecta AusLichen: 30017748 CoL: 4RP2 EoL: 22835 EPPO: 1GYALG GBIF: 2560988 iNaturalist: 175780 IndexFungorum: 2154 MycoBank: 2154 NBN: NHMSYS0001483296 NCBI: 88635 NZOR: bc8f1b3f-351d-4cfa-8282-16cef5ae25a4 Open Tree of Life: 744198 PLANTS: GYALE2 SpeciesFungorum: 2154 WoRMS: 988500 This Lecanoromycetes-related article is a stub. 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