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
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
J. djagensis
J. dollypartoniana
J. pacifica
J. pruinosula
J. tavaresiana
J. variabilis

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Kantvilas, Gintaras (2011). "The lichen genera Japewia and Japewiella in Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 29 (2): 99–103.
  4. Elix, John A.; McCarthy, Patrick M. (2018). "Ten new lichen species (Ascomycota) from Australia" (PDF). Australasian Lichenology. 82: 20–59.
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