This new site is currently under construction and will continuously accumulate information on the lichen family Thelotremataceae, as part of our joint effort to produce a world monograph for this family within the next five years. We are currently requesting funding for this exciting project, so be sure to come back frequently to check for updates.

Thus far, this site contains a checklist of all names published within the lichen family Thelotremataceae, including homotypic (nomenclatural) and heterotypic (taxonomic) synonymy, as far as known.

At present, our efforts towards a monograph of this chiefly tropical family are ongoing and include the following projects:

• Phylogeny of Ostropales, in particular Graphidaceae, Thelotremataceae, and Gomphillaceae (Kalb et al., Lumbsch et al., Lücking et al.)
• Alpha-taxonomy of Thelotremataceae in tropical Africa and Australia (Frisch & Kalb, Mangold & Lumbsch)
• Floristics and ecogeography of neotropical lichens including Thelotremataceae (Cáceres et al., Ferraro et al., Herrera-Campos et al., Lücking et al.)
• Biology and phylogeny of parasitic life-styles in Chroodiscus (Grube & Lücking)