Biology:Xalocoa
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Fungi |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ascomycota |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Graphidales |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Graphidaceae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Xalocoa Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch (2013) |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">X. ocellata |
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| Xalocoa ocellata (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch (2013)
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Xalocoa is a single-species fungal genus in the family Graphidaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by lichenologists Ekaphan Kraichak, Robert Lücking, and H. Thorsten Lumbsch. It contains Xalocoa ocellata, a corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen that was originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1831 (as Parmelia ocellata).[3]
Xalocoa belongs to the subfamily Graphidoidae, and tribe Thelotremateae in the Graphidaceae. The genus is characterized by its greyish-white thallus covered by an [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] layer, large apothecioid ascomata with exposed [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] and thick, entire thalline margins, as well as a thin, reduced, [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|uncarbonised]] [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] that lacks lateral [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]. The genus features a non-[[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] hymenium, pale brown, non-amyloid ascospores, bacilliform [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]], and contains the norstictic acid [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]]. The genus name Xalocoa originates from the Catalan term xaloc, which signifies the sirocco, a warm wind that comes from the Sahara and affects Mediterranean regions. The species epithet pays tribute to Xavier Llimona, a Catalan researcher known for his work on Mediterranean lichens and his contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Diploschistes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Synonymy. Current Name: Xalocoa ocellata (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch, Aust. Syst. Bot. 26(6): 472 (2014) [2013"]. Species Fungorum. https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=805431.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kraichak, Ekaphan; Parnmen, Sittiporn; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2013). "Gintarasia and Xalocoa, two new genera to accommodate temperate to subtropical species in the predominantly tropical Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Ascomycota)". Australian Systematic Botany 26 (6): 466. doi:10.1071/sb13038.
Wikidata ☰ Q21230502 entry
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