Varicellaria | |
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Varicellaria rhodocarpa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: |
Varicellariaceae B.P.Hodk., R.C.Harris & Lendemer ex Lumbsch & Leavitt (2018) |
Genus: |
Varicellaria Nyl. (1858) |
Type species | |
Varicellaria microsticta Nyl. (1858)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Varicellaria is a genus of crustose lichens. It is the only genus in the family Varicellariaceae. [2]
The genus Varicellaria was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858, with Varicellaria microsticta assigned as the type species. [3] [4]
The family Varicellariaceae, containing only the type genus Varicellaria, was informally proposed by Brendan Hodkinson, Richard Harris, and James Lendemer in 2011. [5] H. Thorsten Lumbsch and Steven Leavitt formally published the family in 2018. [6] However, the taxon was not validly published because "an identifier issued by a recognized repository was not cited in the protologue", contrary to rules of botanical nomenclature. [7] This nomenclatural oversight was rectified later the same year in a separate publication. [8]
Characteristics of the family Varicellariaceae are similar to those of its genus. These are: a crustose thallus, unicellular green algal photobionts from genus Trebouxia, ascomata in the form of disc-like apothecia, non- amyloid gel in the hymenium, strongly amyloid, one- or two-spored asci, and hyaline, thick-walled, one-layered, one- or two-celled ascospores. [6]
Collectively, the species in genus Varicellaria have a cosmopolitan distribution. [4]
Varicellaria | |
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Varicellaria rhodocarpa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: |
Varicellariaceae B.P.Hodk., R.C.Harris & Lendemer ex Lumbsch & Leavitt (2018) |
Genus: |
Varicellaria Nyl. (1858) |
Type species | |
Varicellaria microsticta Nyl. (1858)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Varicellaria is a genus of crustose lichens. It is the only genus in the family Varicellariaceae. [2]
The genus Varicellaria was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1858, with Varicellaria microsticta assigned as the type species. [3] [4]
The family Varicellariaceae, containing only the type genus Varicellaria, was informally proposed by Brendan Hodkinson, Richard Harris, and James Lendemer in 2011. [5] H. Thorsten Lumbsch and Steven Leavitt formally published the family in 2018. [6] However, the taxon was not validly published because "an identifier issued by a recognized repository was not cited in the protologue", contrary to rules of botanical nomenclature. [7] This nomenclatural oversight was rectified later the same year in a separate publication. [8]
Characteristics of the family Varicellariaceae are similar to those of its genus. These are: a crustose thallus, unicellular green algal photobionts from genus Trebouxia, ascomata in the form of disc-like apothecia, non- amyloid gel in the hymenium, strongly amyloid, one- or two-spored asci, and hyaline, thick-walled, one-layered, one- or two-celled ascospores. [6]
Collectively, the species in genus Varicellaria have a cosmopolitan distribution. [4]