Abrothallus

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Abrothallus
2016-06-04 Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Arnold 624105.jpg
parasitic Abrothallus parmeliarum on Parmelia saxatilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Abrothallales
Pérez-Ort. & Suija (2013)
Family: Abrothallaceae
Pérez-Ort. & Suija (2013)
Genus: Abrothallus
De Not. (1845)
Type species
Abrothallus bertianus
De Not. (1849)
Synonyms [1]

Abrothallus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Abrothallaceae, which itself is the sole taxon in the order Abrothallales. [2]

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Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed by the Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris in 1849. [3] The classification of the genus in either family or order was uncertain until molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed the group as an independent lineage in the class Dothideomycetes. Both the family and the order were circumscribed in 2013 by Sergio Pérez-Ortega and Ave Suija. [4]

In 2012 Mikhail Zhurbenko proposed the genus Epinephroma to contain E. kamchatica; [5] later analysis showed it to be the anamorph of an Abrothallus species, [6] and now Epinephroma is placed in synonymy with Abrothallus. Other synonyms are Abrothallomyces, Phymatopsis, and Pseudo-lecidea. [1]

Description

There are several morphological characteristics help define the genus Abrothallus. These include: spherical (or nearly so) ascomata without a margin or well-defined edge that are sometimes dusted with golden or green pruina; bitunicate asci (i.e., with two functional ascal wall layers) that have four to eight ascospores; brown, 2- to 4-celled, warted asymmetric ascospores; paraphyses that are ramified-anastomosed; and the presence of an epihymenium (the uppermost layer of the hymenium) with granulose pigments that often dissolve in potassium hydroxide. [7]

Species

Abrothallus welwitschii growing on Sticta limbata in Portugal Abrothallus welwitschii Tul 548250.jpg
Abrothallus welwitschii growing on Sticta limbata in Portugal

As of October 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 44 species of Abrothallus: [8]

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