Phlyctis

Phlyctis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Gyalectales, and the type genus of the family Phlyctidaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens.[2][3]

Phlyctis
Phlyctis argena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Phlyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis
(Wallr.) Flot. (1850)
Type species
Phlyctis agelaea
(Ach.) Flot. (1850)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Comocheila A.Massal. (1860)
  • Dactyloblastus Trevis. (1853)
  • Dyctyoblastus Kremp. (1869)
  • Micromium Pers. (1811)
  • Peltigera sect. Phlyctis Wallr. (1831)
  • Phlyctella Kremp. (1876)
  • Phlyctellomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1880)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. ex Zahlbr. (1907)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1895)
  • Phlyctidomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctomia A.Massal. (1860)

The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850.[4] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species,[5] but several species have been described and added to the genus since then.

Species

  • Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (1850)
  • Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot. (1850)
  • Phlyctis boliviensis Nyl. (1880)[6]
  • Phlyctis communis Chitale & Makhija (2012)[7] – India
  • Phlyctis himalayensis (Nyl.) D.D.Awasthi (2000)
  • Phlyctis karnatakana S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)[8] – India
  • Phlyctis ludoviciensis Müll.Arg. ex Lendemer (2005)
  • Phlyctis lueckingii Weerakoon & Aptroot (2016)[9] – Sri Lanka
  • Phlyctis monosperma S.Joshi & Upreti (2012)[10] – India
  • Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Muscavitch, Ladd & Lendemer (2017)
  • Phlyctis psoromica Elix & Kantvilas (2011)
  • Phlyctis sirindhorniae Poengs., Vongshew. & Lumbsch (2019)
  • Phlyctis subagelaea S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)[8] – India
  • Phlyctis subargena R.Ma & H.Y.Wang (2011)
  • Phlyctis subhimalayensis S.Joshi & Upreti (2012)[10] – India
  • Phlyctis subuncinata Stirt. (1875)[11]
  • Phlyctis tolgensis P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2017)[12] – Australia

References

  1. "Synonymy: Phlyctis (Wallr.) Flot". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. "USDA Plants Database".
  3. "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  4. Flotow J. (1850). "Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 569–75.
  5. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  6. Nylander, W. (1859). "Lichenes in regionibus exoticis quibusdam vigentes exponit synopticis enumerationibus". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (in Latin). 11: 205–264.
  7. Chitale, G.; Makhija, U. (2012). "A new species of the lichen genus Phlyctis from Maharashtra, India". Mycotaxon. 120: 75–79. doi:10.5248/120.75.
  8. Joshi, Santosh; Upreti, Dalip K.; Mishra, Gaurav K.; Divakar, Pradeep K. (2010). "Two new species of the lichen genus Phlyctis in India". The Bryologist. 113 (4): 724–727. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.4.724. S2CID 86519868.
  9. Weerakoon, Gothamie; Wolseley, Patricia A.; Arachchige, Omal; Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, Marcela; Jayalal, Udeni; Aptroot, André (2016). "Eight new lichen species and 88 new records from Sri Lanka". The Bryologist. 119 (2): 131–142. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.2.131. S2CID 89247649.
  10. Joshi, Santosh; Upreti, Dalip K.; Nayaka, Sanjeeva (2012). "Two new species in the lichen genus Phlyctis (Phlyctidaceae) from India". The Lichenologist. 44 (3): 363–369. doi:10.1017/s0024282911000879. S2CID 85299529.
  11. Stirton, J. (1875). "Additions to the Lichen-flora of New Zealand". Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 14 (78): 458–474. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1875.tb00343.x.
  12. McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2017). "A new species of Phlyctis (lichenized Ascomycota, Phlyctidaceae) from Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 81: 2–5.


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