Biology:Lithothelium

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Short description: Genus of lichens

Lithothelium
Lithothelium hyalosporum 583267.jpg
Lithothelium hyalosporum;
scale bar = 0.5 mm
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Pyrenulaceae
Genus: Lithothelium
Müll.Arg. (1885)
Type species
Lithothelium cubanum
Müll.Arg. (1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Plagiocarpa R.C.Harris (1973)
  • Pleurotrema Müll.Arg. (1885)
  • Pleurotrematomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1957)
  • Trichotrema Clem. (1909)

Lithothelium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pyrenulaceae.[2] Most of the species are found in tropical climates, and are usually corticolous (bark-dwelling) or saxicolous (rock-dwelling). The genus was circumscribed by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1885.[3]

Species

  • Lithothelium austropacificum P.M.McCarthy (1996)[4]Lord Howe Island
  • Lithothelium bermudense F.Berger, LaGreca & Aptroot (2016)[5] – Bermuda
  • Lithothelium cubanum Müll.Arg. (1885)
  • Lithothelium echinatum Aptroot (2006)[6] – China
  • Lithothelium filisporum (Patw., Makhija & D.Rane) Kr.P.Singh & G.P.Sinha (2010)
  • Lithothelium fluorescens Aptroot & Sipman (2008)
  • Lithothelium fugax (Müll.Arg.) Aptroot (2006)
  • Lithothelium grossum Aptroot (2006)[6] – China
  • Lithothelium hieroglyphicum Aptroot (2007)[7] – Australia
  • Lithothelium hyalosporum (Nyl.) Aptroot (1991)
  • Lithothelium illotum (Vain.) Aptroot (1991)
  • Lithothelium immersum Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2015)
  • Lithothelium insulare Makhija & Adaw. (2001)[8] – India
  • Lithothelium kantvilasii P.M.McCarthy (2015)[9] – Australia
  • Lithothelium obtectum (Müll.Arg.) Aptroot (1991)
  • Lithothelium phaeosporum (R.C.Harris) Aptroot (1991)
  • Lithothelium quadrisporum Aptroot (2006)[6] – Thailand
  • Lithothelium quiescens P.M.McCarthy (2001)[10] – Christmas Island

References

  1. "Synonymy: Lithothelium Müll. Arg., Bot. Jb. 6: 386 (1885)". Species Fungorum]. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2899. 
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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. 
  3. Müller, J. (1885). "Pyrenocarpeae Cubenses a cl. C. Wright lectae" (in la). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6: 375–421. 
  4. McCarthy, P.M. (1996). "Lithothelium austropacificum sp. nov. (Pyrenulaceae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia". The Lichenologist 28 (3): 290–294. doi:10.1017/s0024282996000369. 
  5. Berger, Franz; LaGreca, Scott; Aptroot, André (2016). "Lithothelium bermudense sp. nov., a new saxicolous lichen from Bermuda". Mycotaxon 131 (3): 527–533. doi:10.5248/131527. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Aptroot, André (2006). "Three new species of Lithothelium (Pyrenulaceae) from China and Thailand, with a revised world key and annotated list of species". The Lichenologist 38 (6): 541–548. doi:10.1017/s0024282906005913. 
  7. Aptroot, André (2007). "New species, combinations, lectotypifications and synonyms in Australia Pyrenulaceae". Australasian Lichenology 60: 34–41. 
  8. Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2001). "Contributions to the lichen flora of the Lakshadweep (Laccadive) Islands, India". The Lichenologist 33 (6): 507–512. doi:10.1006/lich.2001.0346. 
  9. McCarthy, Patrick (2015). "A new species of Lithothelium (lichenized Ascomycota, Pyrenulaceae) from the Tarkine region, north-western Tasmania". Telopea 18: 167–170. doi:10.7751/telopea8890. 
  10. McCarthy, P.M. (2001). "The genus Lithothelium (Pyrenulaceae) in Christmas Island, Indian Ocean". Australasian Lichenology 49: 7–9. https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/AL_49.pdf. 

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