Psoronactis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: |
Psoronactis Ertz & Tehler (2014) |
Species: | P. dilleniana
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Binomial name | |
Psoronactis dilleniana (
Ach.) Ertz & Tehler (2014)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Psoronactis is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Roccellaceae. It contains the single species Psoronactis dilleniana, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen. This species was first described in 1799 by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius as Lichen dillenianus. [2] The taxon was shuffled to several genera in the 1800s as different authors had different opinions on how to classify the species; [1] in more modern times, it was transferred to genus Lecanographa in 2013. [3] Psoronactis was circumscribed in 2014 by Damien Ernst and Anders Tehler, following molecular phylogenetic analysis and revision of the Roccellaceae that showed the species occupied a distinct lineage in the family. The genus name alludes to the lichen products present in its thallus: psoromic acid and 2'-O-demethylpsoromic acid. It is these compounds that differentiate it chemically from the similar genus Lecanactis. [4]
Psoronactis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: |
Psoronactis Ertz & Tehler (2014) |
Species: | P. dilleniana
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Binomial name | |
Psoronactis dilleniana (
Ach.) Ertz & Tehler (2014)
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Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Psoronactis is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Roccellaceae. It contains the single species Psoronactis dilleniana, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen. This species was first described in 1799 by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius as Lichen dillenianus. [2] The taxon was shuffled to several genera in the 1800s as different authors had different opinions on how to classify the species; [1] in more modern times, it was transferred to genus Lecanographa in 2013. [3] Psoronactis was circumscribed in 2014 by Damien Ernst and Anders Tehler, following molecular phylogenetic analysis and revision of the Roccellaceae that showed the species occupied a distinct lineage in the family. The genus name alludes to the lichen products present in its thallus: psoromic acid and 2'-O-demethylpsoromic acid. It is these compounds that differentiate it chemically from the similar genus Lecanactis. [4]