Xerotrema is a genus of fungi in the family Odontotremataceae. It contains two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Martha Allen Sherwood and Brian John Coppins in 1980.[2] The type species, Xerotrema megalospora, is found in the United States and Canada.[3] X. quercicola was added to the genus in 2008.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Odontotrematales |
| Family: | Odontotremataceae |
| Genus: | Xerotrema Sherwood & Coppins (1980) |
| Type species | |
| Xerotrema megalospora Sherwood & Coppins (1980)
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References edit
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Dolatabadi, Somayeh; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ Sherwood, M.A.; Coppins, B.J. (1980). "Xerotrema, a new genus of ondontotremoid fungus from Scotland". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 38 (2): 367–371.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M. (2021). "Xerotrema megalospora (Ascomycetes: Odontotremataceae), a new fungus for Canada". Evansia. 37 (4): 152–155. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-37.4.152.
- ^ Coppins, Brian J.; Aptroot, André (2008). "New species and combinations in The Lichens of the British Isles". The Lichenologist. 40 (5): 363–374. doi:10.1017/S0024282908008165.
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