Biology:Psoroglaena stigonemoides

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Short description: Species of lichen

Psoroglaena stigonemoides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Psoroglaena
Species:
P. stigonemoides
Binomial name
Psoroglaena stigonemoides
(Orange) Henssen (1995)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leucocarpia stigonemoides (Orange) Hafellner & Kalb (1992)[1]
  • Macentina stigonemoides Orange (1989)

Psoroglaena stigonemoides is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It occurs in Great Britain and Ireland. It was first described scientifically by lichenologist Alan Orange in 1989, as Macentina stigonemoides. He collected the type specimen from Cardiganshire, Cambria, where it was found growing on the bark of Ulmus glabra in a humid forest.[3] Aino Henssen transferred it to the genus Psoroglaena in 1995.[4]

The pale green, filamentous thallus of Psoroglaena stigonemoides is epiphloedal, meaning it is on the surface of the bark, with little or no penetration below the outermost layer. It has perithecioid ascomata measuring 200–340 μm wide and up to 420 μm high. Its asci are eight-spored and measure 80–90 μm by 9–12 μm long.[3]

References

  1. Kalb, K.; Hafellner, J. (1992). "Bemerkenswerte Flechten und lichenicole Pilze von der Insel Madeira". Herzogia 9 (1–2): 45–102. 
  2. "Synonymy. Current Name: Psoroglaena stigonemoides (Orange) Henssen, Biblthca Lichenol. 57: 203 (1995)". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=414045. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Orange, A. (1989). "Macentina stigonemoides (Verrucariaceae), a new lichenized species from Great Britain and Ireland". The Lichenologist 21 (3): 229–236. doi:10.1017/S0024282989000459. 
  4. Henssen, A. (1995). "Psoroglaena costaricensis, a new lichen from Costa Rica, and remarks on other taxa of the genus Psoroglaena (Verrucariaceae)". Bibliotheca Lichenologica 57: 199–210. 

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