Angiactis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: |
Angiactis Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) |
Type species | |
Angiactis littoralis (
Kantvilas) Aptroot & Sparrius (2008)
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Species | |
Angiactis is a genus of crustose lichens of uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales. [1] It has four species. [2]
The genus was circumscribed in 2008 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Laurens Sparrius, with Angiactis littoralis assigned as the type species. This lichen was originally described as a species of Lecanographa by Gintaras Kantvilas. The genus name Angiactis derives from the Greek αγγείο ("receptacle") and αὐτός ("shaped"), and refers to the thalline excipulum that covers the fruiting bodies. [3]
Angiactis species have a thalline exciple (rim), but lack a cortex. Their asci are of the Grumulosa-type, and the ascospores are hyaline, with thick walls. The excipulum is carbonized (blackened) and does not have any reaction with a KOH solution. [3]
As of July 2024 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Angiactis: [2]
Angiactis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: |
Angiactis Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) |
Type species | |
Angiactis littoralis (
Kantvilas) Aptroot & Sparrius (2008)
| |
Species | |
Angiactis is a genus of crustose lichens of uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales. [1] It has four species. [2]
The genus was circumscribed in 2008 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Laurens Sparrius, with Angiactis littoralis assigned as the type species. This lichen was originally described as a species of Lecanographa by Gintaras Kantvilas. The genus name Angiactis derives from the Greek αγγείο ("receptacle") and αὐτός ("shaped"), and refers to the thalline excipulum that covers the fruiting bodies. [3]
Angiactis species have a thalline exciple (rim), but lack a cortex. Their asci are of the Grumulosa-type, and the ascospores are hyaline, with thick walls. The excipulum is carbonized (blackened) and does not have any reaction with a KOH solution. [3]
As of July 2024 [update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Angiactis: [2]