Circinaria

Circinaria
Circinaria contorta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Pertusariales
Family:	Megasporaceae
Genus:	Circinaria Link (1809)

Circinaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It was circumscribed by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809. ^[1]

Species

As of May 2025 ^[update] , Species Fungorum accepts 37 species of Circinaria. ^[2]

• Circinaria affinis (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria arida Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Tibell (2011)
• Circinaria caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria calcarea (L.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria cerebroides (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria contorta (Hoffm.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria crespiana (V.J.Rico) Sohrabi & V.J.Rico (2013)
• Circinaria cupreogrisea (Th.Fr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria deminuta P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2020) ^[4] – Australia
• Circinaria digitata (Sohrabi & Litterski) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria elmorei (E.D.Rudolph) Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Sohrabi (2011)
• Circinaria emiliae (Tomin) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria esculenta (Pall.) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria fruticulosa (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria gibbosa (Ach.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria hispida (Mereschk.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria jussuffii (Link) Sohrabi (2016)
• Circinaria lacunosa (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria laxilobata G.Ismayil, A.Abbas & S.Y.Guo (2019)
• Circinaria leprosescens (Sandst.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
• Circinaria maculata (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria mansourii (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2013) ^[5]
• Circinaria nimisii Sohrabi, H.Mayrhofer, Obermayer & S.D.Leav. (2023) ^[6] – Greece
• Circinaria ochraceoalba (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria rogeri (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria rostamii Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria schafeevii (Tomin) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria scyphulifera Paukov, Chesnokov & Konoreva (2018) ^[7] – Russia
• Circinaria serenensis (Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand) A.Nordin (2016)
• Circinaria subochracea (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria tominii (Oxner) Sohrabi (2012) ^[3]
• Circinaria tortuosa (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria transbaicalica (Oxner) Q.Ren (2018)
• Circinaria ucrainica Khodos. & Darmostuk (2024) ^[8] – Ukraine

References

1. Link, H.F. (1809). "Nova plantarum genera e classe Lichenum, Algarum, Fungorum". Neues Journal für die Botanik (in Latin). 3 (1–2): 1–19.
2. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Circinaria". Catalog of Life Version 2021-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
3. Sohrabi, M.; Stenroos, S.; Myllys, L.; Søchting, U.; Ahti, T.; Hyvönen, J. (2012). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Circinaria ('manna lichens' in Aspicilia s.lat.); a new insight into the genetic relationships of the vagrant-crustose growth forms". Mycological Progress. 12: 231–269. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0830-1.
4. McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2020). "A new species of Circinaria (Megasporaceae) from New South Wales, Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 86: 90–94.
5. Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Rico, Víctor J.; Halici, Mehmet G.; Shrestha, Gajendra; Stenroos, Soili (2013). "Teuvoa, a new lichen genus in Megasporaceae (Ascomycota: Pertusariales), including Teuvoa junipericola sp. nov". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 347–360. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000108.
6. Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2023). "Circinaria nimisii (Megasporaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new manna lichen from Greece". The Lichenologist. 55 (5): 367–376. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000336.
7. Chesnokov, S.; Konoreva, L.; Paukov, A. (2018). "New species and records of saxicolous lichens from the Kodar Range (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 63 (1): 11–21. doi: 10.2478/pfs-2018-0003 . hdl: 10995/75628 .
8. Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Darmostuk, Valerii; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Kuzemko, Anna (2024). "Сircinaria ucrainica sp. nov., a new species from sand dunes of the Lower Dnipro valley (Ukraine)". The Lichenologist. 56 (4): 159–167. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000197.