Biology:Appressodiscus
Appressodiscus is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. It comprises two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2023 by André Aptroot and Lidiane Alves dos Santos. Both species are found in Brazil, where they grow as corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichens. Characteristics of the genus include flat apothecia (fruiting bodies), an [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] with a [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] tissue structure, eight-spored asci with an ocular chamber, and [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] (non-septate) [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]. Appressodiscus has a sister relationship with the genus Phyllopsora.[2]
References
- ↑ Hyde, K.D.; Noorabadi, M.T.; Thiyagaraja, V.; He, M.Q.; Johnston, P.R.; Wijesinghe, S.N. et al. (2024). "The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 15 (1): 5146–6239 [5254]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/15/1/25. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385939154.
- ↑ Aptroot, André; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Fraga Junior, Carlos Augusto Vidigal; da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia (2023). "Ramalea and the new genus Appressodiscus belong in the Ramalinaceae". The Bryologist 126 (3): 360–366. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-126.3.360.
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