Porpidia submelinodes
Porpidia submelinodes is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae.[1] Found in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, it was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Piotr Osyczka and Maria Olech. The type specimen was collected from Penguin Island, where it was found growing on a volcanic boulder. The lichen has a rusty orange thallus comprising distinct rounded areoles surrounded by deep cracks, and an inconspicuous black prothallus. It has soralia that are black with a whitish rim. All examined specimens were sterile, producing neither apothecia nor pycnidia. All chemical spot tests are negative, and the species does not contain any lichen products detectable with thin-layer chromatography. The species epithet refers to its similarity with Porpidia melinodes.[2]
| Porpidia submelinodes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Porpidia |
| Species: | P. submelinodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Porpidia submelinodes Osyczka & Olech (2011) | |
Zwackhiomyces martinatianus is a lichenicolous fungus that has been recorded growing on Porpidia submelinodes.[3]
References
- "Porpidia submelinodes Osyczka & Olech". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- Osyczka, Piotr; Olech, Maria (2011). "A new species of the genus Porpidia from Antarctica". The Lichenologist. 43 (4): 367–371. doi:10.1017/s002428291100017x.
- Alstrup, Vagn; Olech, Maria; Wietrzyk-Pełka, Paulina; Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert (2018). "The lichenicolous fungi of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: species diversity and identification guide". Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 87 (4). doi:10.5586/asbp.3607.