Toensbergia
Toensbergia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Rhizocarpales |
Family: | Sporastatiaceae |
Genus: | Toensbergia Bendiksby & Timdal (2013) |
Type species | |
(R.Sant.) Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
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Species | |
Toensbergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sporastatiaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Mika Bendiksby and Einar Timdal in 2013. The genus name honours Norwegian lichenologist Tor Tønsberg, "in appreciation of his important work on sorediate, corticolous lichens". The type species is , which was formerly classified in genus Hypocenomyce, presumably due to its resemblance (morphological, chemical, and ecological) to .[2]
Description[]
Toensbergia species are characterised by having a thallus comprising tiny, adnate, crenulate (with a finely scalloped edge), grayish-white areolae. The lichens lack a hypothallus (a growth of undifferentiated fungal mycelium below the thallus), and contain the secondary chemical .[2]
Species[]
- Toensbergia blastidiata T.Sprib. & Tønsberg (2020)[3] – Alaska
- (Th.Fr.) T.Sprib. & Resl (2020)
- (R.Sant.) Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
References[]
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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.
- ^ a b Bendiksby, Mika; Timdal, Ernst (2013). "Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of Hypocenomyce sensu lato (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes) — extreme polyphyly and morphological/ecological convergence". Taxon. 62: 940–956. doi:10.12705/625.18.
- ^ Spribille, Toby; Fryday, Alan M.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Svensson, Måns; Tønsberg, Tor; Ekman, Stefan; Holien, Håkon; Resl, Philipp; Schneider, Kevin; Stabentheiner, Edith; Thüs, Holger; Vondrák, Jan; Sharman, Lewis (2020). "Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska". The Lichenologist. 52 (2): 61–181. doi:10.1017/S0024282920000079.
Categories:
- Ostropales
- Lecanoromycetes genera
- Taxa described in 2013
- Lecanoromycetes stubs