Biology:Physciella
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Short description: Genus of lichens
| Physciella | |
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| Physciella chloantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Physciella Essl. (1986) |
| Type species | |
| Physciella chloantha (Ach.) Essl. (1986)
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Physciella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. Circumscribed by the lichenologist Ted Esslinger in 1986, it is distinguished from the similar genera Physcia and Phaeophyscia by its [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] (comprising long narrow wavy parallel hyphae) lower cortex, the lack of the secondary metabolite (lichen product) atranorin in the upper cortex, and short, ellipsoid-shaped conidia.[1]
Species
(As of January 2024), Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts eight species of Physciella:[2]
- Physciella austrosibirica G.Urban. (2007)
- Physciella chloantha (Ach.) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella denigrata (Hue) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella melanchra (Hue) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella neotropica M.F.Souza & Aptroot (2020)[3] – Brazil
- Physciella nepalensis (Poelt) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella nigricans (Flörke) S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2021)
- Physciella poeltii (Frey) D.Liu & J.S.Hur (2020)
References
- ↑ Esslinger, T.L. (1986). "Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella". Mycologia 78 (1): 92–97. doi:10.2307/3793382. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0078/001/0092.htm.
- ↑ "Physciella". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6PWS.
- ↑ Aptroot, A.; Souza, M.F.; Spielmann, A.A. (2020). "New lichen species from the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil". Archive for Lichenology 20: 1–7.
Wikidata ☰ Q7189527 entry
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