Brianaria

Brianaria is a lichen genus in the family Psoraceae.[1] It was circumscribed in 2014 by Stefan Ekman and Måns Svensson to contain four closely related species formerly in the Micarea sylvicola group.

Brianaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Psoraceae
Genus: Brianaria
S.Ekman & M.Svensson (2014)
Type species
Brianaria sylvicola
(Flot. ex Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
Species

B. bauschiana
B. lutulata
B. sylvicola
B. tuberculata

Description

Characteristics of the genus Brianaria include the small, convex apothecia that lack an excipulum; an ascus of the ‘Psora-type’; 0–1-septate ascospores, dimorphic paraphyses, and immersed pycnidia that contain bacilliform conidia. The photobiont is chlorococcoid, and non-micareoid.[2]

Species
  • Brianaria bauschiana (Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria lutulata (Nyl.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria sylvicola (Flot. ex Körb.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)
  • Brianaria tuberculata (Sommerf.) S.Ekman & M.Svenss. (2014)

References
  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Ekman, Stefan; Svensson, Måns (2014). "Brianaria (Psoraceae), a new genus to accommodate the Micarea sylvicola group". The Lichenologist. 46 (3): 285–294. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000613. S2CID 85624999.


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