Biology:Thermutis
Thermutis is a small genus of cyanolichens in the family Porocyphaceae. It was formerly treated in Lichinaceae, but a 2024 multilocus re-classification of the class Lichinomycetes emended Porocyphaceae and included Thermutis there. Species are minute, dark lichens with [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]], often gelatinous to [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] thalli that occur on rock or soil in open, periodically wet microhabitats. Their sexual structures commonly develop as [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]; the asci are [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] and the ascospores [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] and colourless.[1]
The genus comprises two species: Thermutis compacta and Thermutis velutina.[2]
References
- ↑ Prieto, M.; Wedin, M.; Schultz, M. (2024). "Phylogeny, evolution and a re-classification of the Lichinomycetes". Studies in Mycology 109: 595–655. doi:10.3114/sim.2024.109.09. PMID 39717657.
- ↑ "Thermutis". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/646MV.
Wikidata ☰ Q7783272 entry
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