Brianaria

Genus of lichens

Brianaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Psoraceae
Genus: Brianaria
S.Ekman & M.Svensson (2014)
Type species
Brianaria sylvicola
(Flot. ex Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
Species

B. bauschiana
B. lutulata
B. sylvicola
B. tuberculata

Brianaria is a lichen genus in the family Psoraceae.[1] It was circumscribed in 2014 by Stefan Ekman and Måns Svensson to contain four closely related species formerly in the Micarea sylvicola group.

Description

Characteristics of the genus Brianaria include the small, convex apothecia that lack an excipulum; an ascus of the ‘Psora-type’; 0–1-septate ascospores, dimorphic paraphyses, and immersed pycnidia that contain bacilliform conidia. The photobiont is chlorococcoid, and non-micareoid.[2]

Species

  • Brianaria bauschiana (Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria lutulata (Nyl.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria sylvicola (Flot. ex Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria tuberculata (Sommerf.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)

References

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; 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. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Ekman, Stefan; Svensson, Måns (2014). "Brianaria (Psoraceae), a new genus to accommodate the Micarea sylvicola group". The Lichenologist. 46 (3): 285–294. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000613. S2CID 85624999.
Taxon identifiers
Brianaria


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