Biology:Physciella
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Short description: Genus of lichens
| Physciella | |
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| Physciella chloantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Physciella Essl. (1986) |
| Type species | |
| Physciella chloantha (Ach.) Essl. (1986)
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Physciella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. Circumscribed by the lichenologist Ted Esslinger in 1986, it is distinguished from the similar genera Physcia and Phaeophyscia by its prosoplectenchymatous (comprising long narrow wavy parallel hyphae) lower cortex, the lack of the secondary metabolite (lichen product) atranorin in the upper cortex, and short, ellipsoid-shaped conidia.[1]
Species
(As of January 2024), Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts eight species of Physciella:[2]
- Physciella austrosibirica G.Urban. (2007)
- Physciella chloantha (Ach.) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella denigrata (Hue) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella melanchra (Hue) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella neotropica M.F.Souza & Aptroot (2020)[3] – Brazil
- Physciella nepalensis (Poelt) Essl. (1986)
- Physciella nigricans (Flörke) S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2021)
- Physciella poeltii (Frey) D.Liu & J.S.Hur (2020)
References
- ↑ Esslinger, T.L. (1986). "Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella". Mycologia 78 (1): 92–97. doi:10.2307/3793382. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0078/001/0092.htm.
- ↑ "Physciella". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6PWS.
- ↑ Aptroot, A.; Souza, M.F.; Spielmann, A.A. (2020). "New lichen species from the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil". Archive for Lichenology 20: 1–7.
Wikidata ☰ Q7189527 entry
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