| Nadvornikia | |
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| Nadvornikiana sorediata in North Carolina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Nadvornikia Tibell (1984) |
| Type species | |
| Nadvornikia hawaiiensis (Tuck.) Tibell (1984) | |
| Species | |
N. diplotylia Contents | |
Nadvornikia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. [1] Species in the genus are corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose.
The genus was circumscribed in 1984 by lichenologist Leif Tibell, with N. hawaiensis assigned as the type species. Nadvornikia is a replacement name for Stephanophoron, which was published illegitimately by Czech lichenologist Josef Nádvorník in 1942 (because the fungal genus Stephanophorus already occupied that name). [2] The genus name pays tribute to Nádvorník (1906–1977), the first to recognize the type species of this genus as representing a distinct evolutionary lineage, separate from other similar lichens. [3]
Nadvornikia species have a continuous, epiperidermal thallus. The surface of the thallus can be smooth or uneven, and no prothallus is present. The cortex , which is absent or loosely arranged, features an irregular photobiont layer with Trentepohlia green algal cells and calcium oxalate crystals. The medulla is endoperidermal (located within the periderm . Vegetative propagules in Nadvornikia lichens may be absent or present as soredi a. The ascomata are rounded and can be either immersed or sessile, with or without a mazaedium . The proper margin may be entire or fissured, while the thalline margin is always entire. The excipulum is prosoplectenchymatous and entire, while the columella is absent. The hypothecium is also prosoplectenchymatous and hyaline. The hymenium is hyaline and clear, while the epithecium can be thin or indistinct. [4]
The paraphyses are unbranched and have smooth tips, with no periphysoids present. The asci are fusiform, and each contains eight ascospores . These ascospores can be either hyaline or dark brown, 1-septate to somewhat muriform , distoseptate , and non-amyloid. Conidiomata have not been observed in Nadvornikia lichens. [4]
The secondary chemistry of Nadvornikia lichens includes stictic acid and various related lichen substances. [4]
As of March 2023 [update] , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts three species of Nadvornikia; [1] an additional two species have been formally described and published.
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Clandestinotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has 17 species. They typically inhabit montane and cloud forest at higher elevations in the tropics.
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Austrotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It is primarily found in the Australian-Southeast Asian region. The genus is characterized by small, pore-like apothecia with a double margin, faintly amyloid ascospores, and stictic acid chemistry. Austrotrema species grow on tree bark and have a continuous thallus with a cortex that is prosoplectenchymatous–featuring densely packed, filamentous fungal hyphae that run parallel to the surface of the lichen, creating a compact and firm texture. The genus is closely related to Thelotrema and Leucodecton, but can be distinguished from them based on molecular phylogenetic data, specific morphological traits, and its secondary chemistry. Currently, Austrotrema comprises three species.
Asteristion is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has seven species. Previously considered a synonym of either Phaeotrema or Thelotrema, molecular evidence led to its resurrection as a distinct genus. Asteristion lichens are corticolous (bark-dwelling), featuring a continuous thallus with a loose to hardened cortex and a photobiont layer containing calcium oxalate crystals. The ascomata, or fruiting bodies, are characterized by their large, often chroodiscoid appearance and the presence of distinct periphysoids. The secondary chemistry of these lichens includes major concentrations of stictic acid and minor to trace amounts of associated substances.
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Gintarasia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has seven species, all of which are found in Australia. Gintarasia species are corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens with a thelotremoid form.
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Fissurina amyloidea is a little-known species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. It is found in the primary rainforests of Rondônia, Brazil. It is characterized by its weakly carbonizedlirellae and thick-walled, strongly amyloid ascospores. Despite its superficial similarity to Fissurina subfurfuracea, F. amyloidea exhibits unique anatomical features that set it apart from other species within the genus.
Acanthotrema frischii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in the East Province of Cameroon, A. frischii has a smooth, olive-green thallus, and its broadly oval, glass-like ascospores. Although initially believed to represent Acanthotrema brasilianum, a Neotropical species, it was identified as a distinct species due to differences in ascospore structure.
Clandestinotrema portoricense is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Puerto Rico, it was described as a new species in 2014. It is characterised by its white, slightly shiny thallus that can span several centimetres in diameter, and its rounded ascomata that are immersed in the thallus. Unlike most of its genus counterparts, C. portoricense possesses septated (partitioned) spores and a carbonised (blackened) excipulum and columella, effectively distinguishing it from similar species.
Compositrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has four species. The genus was circumscribed in 2012 by lichenologists Eimy Rivas Plata, Robert Lücking, and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch, with C. cerebriforme assigned as the type species. The genus is distinguished by its unique, composite pseudostromatic ascomata, which sets it apart from the otherwise similar genus Stegobolus.
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