Japewiella
Japewiella is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus Japewia. The type, Japewiella carrollii, is an oceanic species that occurs in maritime regions of Europe and Macaronesia.[1]
Japewiella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Lecanoraceae |
Genus: | Japewiella Printzen (2000) |
Type species | |
Japewiella carrollii (Coppins & P.James) Printzen (2000) | |
Species | |
J. carrollii |
Description
Japewiella species are crust lichens that grow on bark. They are characterized by their biatorine apothecia, thick-walled, simple ascospores, eight-spored asci with a conspicuous masse axiale (similar to asci found in members of genus Lecidella). They have a well-developed excipulum (a saucer-shaped rim around the hymenium) comprising branched and anastomosing, gelatinized hyphae.[1]
Species
- Japewiella carrollii (Coppins & P.James) Printzen (2000) - Temperate Eurasia
- Japewiella djagensis (Zahlbr.) Printzen (2000) – East Asia
- Japewiella dollypartoniana J.L.Allen & Lendemer (2015)[2] – Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America
- Japewiella pacifica Printzen (2000) – North America
- Japewiella pruinosula (Müll.Arg.) Kantvilas (2011)[3] – Australia
- Japewiella tavaresiana (H.Magn.) Printzen (2000) – Eurasia, Europe
- Japewiella variabilis Elix & McCarthy (2018)[4] – Australia
References
- Printzen, Christian (1999). "Japewiella gen. nov., a new lichen genus and a new species from Mexico". The Bryologist. 102 (4): 714–719. doi:10.2307/3244257. JSTOR 3244257.
- Allen, Jessica L.; Lendemer, James C. (2015). "Japewiella dollypartoniana, a new widespread lichen in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America". Castanea. 80 (1): 59–65. doi:10.2179/14-036R2. S2CID 85576896.
- Kantvilas, Gintaras (2011). "The lichen genera Japewia and Japewiella in Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 29 (2): 99–103.
- Elix, John A.; McCarthy, Patrick M. (2018). "Ten new lichen species (Ascomycota) from Australia" (PDF). Australasian Lichenology. 82: 20–59.