Biology:Bogoriella megaspora
| Bogoriella megaspora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Trypetheliales |
| Family: | Trypetheliaceae |
| Genus: | Bogoriella |
| Species: | B. megaspora
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| Binomial name | |
| Bogoriella megaspora (Aptroot & M.Cáceres) Aptroot & Lücking (2016)
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| Holotype: Cuniã Ecological Station, Brazil | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bogoriella megaspora is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae.[2] This tropical lichen forms pinkish to whitish grey crusty patches bordered by distinctive black lines on tree bark in Brazilian rainforests. It is distinguished from all related species by having the largest single-septum spores in its genus group, with brown, club-shaped spores that are often enclosed in a thick gelatinous sheath.
Taxonomy
Bogoriella megaspora was first described in 2014 by André Aptroot and Marcela Cáceres as Mycomicrothelia megaspora. The type specimen was collected in Brazil, in the state of Rondônia, at the Cuniã Ecological Station. It was found at around 100 m elevation near kilometer 760 of the BR 319 highway, northeast of Porto Velho. The lichen was growing on tree bark in primary rainforest and was gathered on 20 November 2012 by Cáceres and Aptroot.[3] In 2016, Aptroot and Robert Lücking transferred the species to the genus Bogoriella, giving it its current name. The holotype is housed in the herbarium of the Instituto de Sistemática e Ecologia (ISE), with an isotype (duplicate) preserved in ABL.[4]
Description
Bogoriella megaspora has a thallus that ranges from pinkish to whitish grey, with a surface that can be smooth or slightly uneven. It is bordered by a distinct black [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] line. The fruiting bodies (ascomata) are solitary, 0.5–0.9 mm in diameter, and appear [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] to prominently raised. They are conical in shape, black, and exposed, each with an apical opening. Inside, the [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] is clear and hyaline.[4]
Each ascus contains eight ascospores. The spores are brown, club-shaped, and typically divided by a single internal cross-wall (1-septate), often constricted at the septum. They measure 27–40 by 8–12 μm and are frequently enclosed in a gelatinous sheath 6–15 μm thick. This species has the largest single-septum ascospores of all of the lichens now classified in Bogoriella, Distothelia, and Novomicrothelia. No asexual reproductive structures (pycnidia) have been observed. Standard chemical spot tests (UV and K) are negative, and thin-layer chromatography has revealed no detectable lichen substances.[4]
Distribution
Bogoriella megaspora occurs on smooth bark in primary forest Brazil, where it is locally common.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mycomicrothelia megaspora Aptroot & M. Cáceres, Lichenologist 45(6): 768 (2013)". Species Fungorum. https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=817004.
- ↑ "Bogoriella megaspora (Aptroot & M. Cáceres) Aptroot & Lücking". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5WNBV.
- ↑ Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2013). "Pyrenocarpous lichens (except Trypetheliaceae) in Rondônia". The Lichenologist 45 (6): 763–785. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000534.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert (2016). "A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales )". The Lichenologist 48 (6): 763–982. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000487.
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