Zhurbenkoa

Zhurbenkoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Malmideaceae
Genus:	Zhurbenkoa; Flakus, Etayo, Pérez-Ortega & Rodr.Flakus (2019)
Type species
	; (Nyl.) Flakus, Etayo, Pérez-Ortega & Rodr.Flakus (2019)
Species
	; ;

Zhurbenkoa is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Malmideaceae. It has three species.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2019 by Adam Flakus, Javier Etayo, Sergio Pérez-Ortega, and Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, with assigned as the type species. Closely related genera are Savoronala and Sprucidea. The generic name honours Russian lichenologist Mikhail Zhurbenko, "for his magnificent contribution to knowledge on the biodiversity and systematics of lichenicolous fungi, including lichen parasites colonizing Cladonia".^[2]

Zhurbenkoa fungi grow on the thalli of species in the widespread lichen genus Cladonia. They produce grayish-brown to almost black apothecia that lack margins, and have crystals interspersed in the epihymenium.^[2]

Species[]

(Müll.Arg.) Flakus, Etayo, Pérez-Ortega & Zdeněk Rodr.Flakus (2019) – Brazil
(Nyl.) Flakus, Etayo, Pérez-Ortega & Rodr.Flakus (2019) – Europe; South America
Flakus, Etayo, Pérez-Ortega & Rodr.Flakus (2019) – South America

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 Flakus, Adam; Etayo, Javier; Perez-Ortega, Sergio; Kukwa, Martin; Palice, Zdeněk; Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela (2019). "A new genus, Zhurbenkoa, and a novel nutritional mode revealed in the family Malmideaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)". Mycologia. 111 (4): 593–611. doi:10.1080/00275514.2019.1603500. hdl:10261/246813. PMID 31136256. S2CID 169035022.

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[Wijayawardene_et_al._2020-1] 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.

[Flakus_et_al._2019-2] Flakus, Adam; Etayo, Javier; Perez-Ortega, Sergio; Kukwa, Martin; Palice, Zdeněk; Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela (2019). "A new genus, Zhurbenkoa, and a novel nutritional mode revealed in the family Malmideaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)". Mycologia. 111 (4): 593–611. doi:10.1080/00275514.2019.1603500. hdl:10261/246813. PMID 31136256. S2CID 169035022.

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