Wetmoreana

Wetmoreana is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It has two crustose, saxicolous (rock-dwelling) species.

Wetmoreana
Wetmoreana brouardii on a rock in the Galapagos Islands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Wetmoreana
Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
Type species
Wetmoreana texana
(Wetmore & Kärnefelt) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
Species

W. brouardii
W. texana

Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with Wetmoreana texana assigned as the type species. The genus name honours lichenologist Clifford Wetmore, "in appreciation of his major contributions to the knowledge of the North American Teloschistaceae".[2] Three species were included in the original circumscription of the genus, but two of them have since been transferred to the genus Fulgogasparrea.[3] Wetmoreana tenax was transferred to the genus in 2013 (from Xanthoria),[3] but later (2020) moved to the genus Massjukiella.[4]

Description

Both species of Wetmoreana are either squamulose or crustose with distinct lobes. The thallus often forms asexual propagules, such as schizidia, isidia, granulae or soredia. If apothecia are present, they are orange with a zeorine form. Ascospores are polaridiblastic with septa that are medium to long.[2]

Species

Former species:

  • Wetmoreana appressa (Wetmore & Kärnefelt) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013) = Fulgogasparrea appressa[6]
  • Wetmoreana decipioides (Arup) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013) = Fulgogasparrea decipioides[7]
  • Wetmoreana tenax (L.Lindblom) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell, M.H.Jeong & Hur (2013) = Massjukiella tenax[8]

References
  1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [158]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2.
  2. Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
  3. Kondratyuk, S.; Jeong, M.-H.; Yu, N.-H.; Kärnefelt, I.; Thell, A.; Elix, J.; Kim, J.; Kondratyuk, A.; Hur, J.-S. (2013). "Four new genera of teloschistoid lichens (Teloschistaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular phylogeny". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 55 (3–4): 251–274. doi:10.1556/abot.55.2013.3-4.8.
  4. Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Lőkös, L.; Oh, S.-O.; Kondratiuk, T.O.; Parnikoza, I.Yu.; Hur, J.-S. (2020). "New and noteworthy lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi, 11". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 62 (3–4): 225–291. doi:10.1556/034.62.2020.3-4.3.
  5. Bungartz, Frank; Søchting, Ulrik; Arup, Ulf (2020). "Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands: a phylogenetic revision based on morphological, anatomical, chemical, and molecular data". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 65 (2): 515–576. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2020-0030.
  6. "Record Details: Wetmoreana appressa (Wetmore & Kärnefelt) Arup, Søchting & Frödén, in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 66 (2013)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. "Record Details: Wetmoreana decipioides (Arup) Arup, Søchting & Frödén, in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 66 (2013)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. "Record Details: Wetmoreana tenax (L. Lindblom) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A. Thell, M.H. Jeong & Hur, in Kondratyuk, Jeong, Yu, Kärnefelt, Thell, Elix, Kim, Kondratyuk & Hur, Acta bot. hung. 55(3-4): 273 (2013)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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