Aggregatorygma

Aggregatorygma is a small genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[1]

Aggregatorygma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Diploschistaceae
Genus: Aggregatorygma
M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking, 2014
Type species
Aggregatorygma triseptatum
M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking, 2014

It was circumscribed in 2014 by Marcela Cáceres, André Aptroot, and Robert Lücking as a monotypic genus, with Aggregatorygma triseptatum as its only species.[2][3] Two species have since been added: Aggregatorygma submuriforme in 2020 and Aggregatorygma lichexanthonicum in 2022, both by Aptroot.[4][5]

The genus name is a combination of two words. Aggregato is from the Latin word meaning "aggregated",[6] while rygma is from the Ancient Greek word ρήγμα, meaning "crack".[7]

Species in the genus are corticolous, growing on the bark of tree trunks in rainforest. All three species were first discovered in Brazil.[3][4][5]

References

Sources

  • "Aggregatorygma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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  • Aptroot, André & Feuerstein, Shirley (8 January 2020). "New Graphidaceae from South and Central Brazil" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 16: 1–10. ISSN 1868-4173.
  • Aptroot, André; Fernanda de Souza, Maria; Alves dos Santos, Lidiane; Oliveira Junior, Isaias; Cardoso Barbosa, Bruno Micael & Cáceres da Silva, Marcela Eugenia (Fall 2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433. S2CID 251748219.
  • Cáceres, Marcela; Aptroot, André; Parnmen, Sittiporn & Lücking, Robert (19 December 2014). "Remarkable diversity of the lichen family Graphidaceae in the Amazon rain forest of Rondônia, Brazil". Phytotaxa. 189 (1): 87–136. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.8.
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