Bogoriella queenslandica

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Bogoriella queenslandica
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Trypetheliales
Family: Trypetheliaceae
Genus: Bogoriella
Species:
B. queenslandica
Binomial name
Bogoriella queenslandica
Synonyms [1]
  • Microthelia queenslandicaMüll.Arg. (1895)
  • Ornatopyrenis queenslandica(Müll.Arg.) Aptroot (1991)
  • Mycomicrothelia queenslandica(Müll.Arg.) Sipman & Aptroot (2005)

Bogoriella queenslandica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Trypetheliaceae. [2] This widespread tropical lichen forms whitish crusty patches marked by distinctive dark border lines and produces relatively large, solitary dark fruiting bodies. It has a pantropical distribution, being found across multiple continents including Central and South America, Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, and Australia.

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Taxonomy

Bogoriella queenslandica was originally described in 1895 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis as Microthelia queenslandica, based on material collected in Queensland, Australia. [3] It was later transferred to Ornatopyrenis by André Aptroot in 1991, [4] and subsequently to Mycomicrothelia by Harrie Sipman and Aptroot in 2005. [5] In 2016, Aptroot and Robert Lücking placed the species in the genus Bogoriella , giving it its current name. The lectotype, designated by David Hawksworth in 1985, is housed in the Geneva herbarium (G). [6]

Description

Bogoriella queenslandica has a whitish thallus marked by dark prothallus lines. Its fruiting bodies (ascomata) are solitary, measuring 0.8–1.1 mm in diameter and about 0.2–0.3 mm tall, each with an apical opening. The asci are 110–130 by 30  micrometres (μm). The ascospores are grey, warty in texture, and typically divided into two compartments of equal size, although the upper cell may be slightly larger. They measure 35–45 by 13–15 μm, have rounded ends, and often develop two additional pseudosepta , which makes them appear 3-septate. [6]

Asexual reproductive structures (pycnidia) occur between the ascomata and along the prothallus lines, although the conidia have not been observed. Standard chemical spot tests (UV and K) are negative, and thin-layer chromatography has not revealed any detectable secondary metabolites. [6]

Distribution

Bogoriella queenslandica has a pantropical distribution, with records from Central and South America (Costa Rica and Colombia), Southeast Asia (Indonesia), the Pacific region (Papua New Guinea), and Australia. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Bogoriella queenslandica (Müll. Arg.) Aptroot & Lücking, Lichenologist 48(6): 914 (2016)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bogoriella queenslandica (Müll. Arg.) Aptroot & Lücking". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Müller, J. (1895). "Pyrenocarpeae Queenslandiae". Report of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (in Latin). 6: 449–466 [455].
  4. ↑ Aptroot, A. (1991). "A monograph of the Pyrenulaceae (excluding Anthracothecium and Pyrenula) and the Requienellaceae, with notes on the Pleomassariaceae, the Trypetheliaceae, and Mycomicrothelia (lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes)". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 44: 128.
  5. ↑ Sipman, H.J.M.; Aptroot, A. (2005). "Notes on Mycomicrothelia (Arthopyreniaceae s. lat.), with two new species". The Lichenologist. 37 (4): 307–311. doi:10.1017/S0024282905014878.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert (2016). "A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales)". The Lichenologist. 48 (6): 763–982. doi: 10.1017/S0024282916000487 .
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