Asterothyrium

Asterothyrium is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Gomphillaceae.^[3]

Asterothyrium
Asterothyrium decipiens on leaves of Persea, North Carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Graphidales
Family:	Gomphillaceae
Genus:	Asterothyrium Müll.Arg. (1890)[1]
Type species
Asterothyrium argenteum Müll.Arg. (1890)
Synonyms[2]
Actinoteichus Cavalc. & Poroca (1971) Asterothyriomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Diplopeltopsis Henn. ex Höhn. (1911) Psorotheciella Sacc. & P.Syd. (1902) Stictoclypeolum Rehm (1904)

Species

As of July 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 13 species of Asterothyrium:^[4]

• Asterothyrium argenteum Müll. Arg. (1890)
• Asterothyrium atromarginatum Herrera-Camp. & Lücking (2002)
• Asterothyrium bisporum L.I.Ferraro & Lücking (2007)
• Asterothyrium decipiens (Rehm) R.Sant. (1952)
• Asterothyrium filiforme Lücking & R.Sant. (2008)
• Asterothyrium microthyrioides Henn. (1904)
• Asterothyrium octomerum R.Sant. (1952)
• Asterothyrium pallidum (Henssen & Lücking) L.I.Ferraro & Lücking (2007)
• Asterothyrium rostratum L.I.Ferraro & Lücking (2007)
• Asterothyrium segmentatum L.I.Ferraro & Lücking (2007)
• Asterothyrium septemseptatum Lücking (1999)
• Asterothyrium subargenteum L.I.Ferraro & Lücking (2007)
• Asterothyrium vezdae Flakus & Lücking (2008)