Sprucidea

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Sprucidea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Malmideaceae
Genus: Sprucidea
M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking (2017)
Type species

M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking (2017)
Species




Sprucidea is a genus of four crustose lichens in the family Malmideaceae.[1] Similar to the related genus Malmidea, Sprucidea is characterized by frequently red thalli that contain the secondary compound , but differs in the rod-shaped instead of ellipsoid ascospores and in the stalked sporodochia as conidiomata. Sprucidea species are found in rainforest areas in South America and Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy[]

Sprucidea was circumscribed in 2017 by lichenologists Marcela Cáceres, André Aptroot, and Robert Lücking. and the type species, , were described as new to science, while and were two proposed new combinations from the genera Malmidea and Bacidina, respectively.[2]

Description[]

Sprucidea lichens are corticolous species that inhabit tropical rainforests. They have a crustose thallus, with or without isidia. The hypothallus and to a lesser extent other parts are often coloured with the red pigment . Apothecia are sessile, often becoming convex in shape. The ascospores are rod-shaped (bacillary), and hyaline. Conidia are on stalked sporodochia.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; LKT, Al-Ani; S, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; Tsurykau, Andrei; Mesic, Armin; Navathe, Sudhir; Papp, Viktor; Oliveira Fiuza, Patrícia; Vázquez, Víctor; Gautam, Ajay; Becerra, Alejandra G.; Ekanayaka, Anusha; K. C., Rajeshkumar; Bezerra, Jadson; Matočec, Neven; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa; Suetrong, Satinee (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. ^ a b Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Aptroot, André; Mendonça, Cléverton Oliveira; Santos, Lidiane Alves; Lücking, Robert (2017). "Sprucidea, a further new genus of rain forest lichens in the family Malmideaceae (Ascomycota)". Bryologist. 120 (2): 202–211. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.202. S2CID 90645323.
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