Biology:Acanthotrema
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| Closeup of the white isidia characteristic of Acanthotrema alboisidiatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthotrema Frisch (2006) |
| Type species | |
| Acanthotrema brasilianum (Hale) Frisch (2006)
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Acanthotrema is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with Acanthotrema brasilianum assigned as the type species.[2] Acanthotrema species are commonly found in rainforests ranging from lowland to montane environments.[3]
Description
Acanthotrema has a grey-olive thallus with a dense, [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] that can occasionally split. The [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] are [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]], taking on angular-rounded to [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] ([[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]) forms, with a visible [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] and a margin that is lobulate and merged. Acanthotrema lacks a [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]], and its [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] has a [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]], [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|uncarbonized]] structure. [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]-tipped [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] are present, as are unbranched [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] with spinulose tips.[3]
The [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] of Acanthotrema range from septate to [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] and come in shapes ranging from fusiform to ellipsoid, with thin septa and rectangular [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]. They are non-amyloid. This lichen genus does not contain any secondary chemical compounds.[3]
Characteristics that differentiate Acanthotrema apart from other genera that possess similar fruiting structures are its chroodiscoid apothecia, spinulose periphysoids, and paraphyses. Ascospores in Acanthotrema have notably thin walls, a characteristic shared only with the genus Chroodiscus. However, Chroodiscus does not have periphysoids, possesses paraphyses with smooth apices, and is strictly foliicolous (leaf dwelling). While certain Chapsa species, such as C. astroidea, may bear a resemblance to Acanthotrema due to the similarity in apothecia and the near-thin-walled, non-amyloid ascospores, these taxa consistently have paraphyses with smooth apices.[3]
Species
Species Fungorum accepts six species of Acanthotrema:[4]
- Acanthotrema alboisidiatum Merc.-Díaz, Lücking & Parnmen (2014)[5]
- Acanthotrema bicellulare Sipman & Lücking (2012)[3]
- Acanthotrema brasilianum (Hale) Frisch (2006)
- Acanthotrema frischii Lücking (2010)[6]
- Acanthotrema kalbii Lücking (2012)[3]
- Acanthotrema minus Aptroot (2020)[7] – Brazil
References
- ↑ "Acanthotrema". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/627QL.
- ↑ Frisch, A. (2006). The lichen family Thelotremataceae in Africa. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 92. p. 77. ISBN 978-3-443-58071-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Lücking, Robert; Aptroot, André; Chaves, José Luis; Kalb, Klaus; Tenorio, Loengrin Umaña (2012). "A first assessment of the Ticolichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica and adjacent areas: the thelotremoid Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales)". Phytotaxa 55 (1): 1–214 [18]. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.55.1.1.
- ↑ "Acanthotrema - Search Page". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Acanthotrema.
- ↑ Mercado-Díaz, J.A.; Lücking, R.; Parnmen, S. (2014). "Two new genera and twelve new species of Graphidaceae from Puerto Rico: a case for higher endemism of lichenized fungi in islands of the Caribbean?". Phytotaxa 189 (1): 186–203. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.14.
- ↑ Rivas Plata, E.; Lücking, R.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Kalb, K.; Lumbsch, H.T. (2010). "A world-wide key to the thelotremoid Graphidaceae, excluding the Ocellularia- Myriotrema- Stegobolus clade". The Lichenologist 42 (2): 139–185. doi:10.1017/S0024282909990491.
- ↑ Aptroot, A.; Feuerstein, S. (2020). "New Graphidaceae from South and Central Brazil". Archive for Lichenology 16: 1–10.
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