Melanolecia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Melanolecia Hertel (1981) |
| Species: | M. transitoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanolecia transitoria (Arnold) Hertel (1981)
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Melanolecia is a fungal genus in the family Lecideaceae. It contains the single species Melanolecia transitoria, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Hannes Hertel in 1981 to contain calcicolous (i.e., thriving on lime-rich substrates) species of the Lecidea jurana-group that were excluded from the genus Tremolecia.[2]
The genus is treated as monospecific by the taxonomic authority Index Fungorum, with the type species, Melanolecia transitoria, the only species associated with the genus in its Catalogue of Life listing.[3] However, at six species names were been proposed by Hertel; the species with amyloid ascus tips have since been moved into the genus Farnoldia.[4]
Melanolecia is now placed in the family Lecideaceae,[5] a classification that was suggested from early molecular phylogenetics analysis.[6] It was historically tentatively placed in the Hymeneliaceae.[7][8]
Former species
[edit]Hertel transferred species with amyloid tubelike structures into the new genus Farnoldia in 1983; this includes most of the species originally proposed, save for the type:[9]
- Melanolecia dissipabilis (Nyl.) Hertel (1981) = Farnoldia dissipabilis
- Melanolecia jurana (Schaer.) Hertel (1981) = Farnoldia jurana
- Melanolecia micropsis (A.Massal.) Hertel (1981) = Farnoldia micropsis
- Melanolecia muscigena (Vězda) Hertel (1981) = Farnoldia muscigena
- Melanolecia similigena (Nyl.) Hertel (1981) = Farnoldia similigena
Habitat and distribution
[edit]Melanolecia transitoria is a circumpolar lichen that grows in arctic-alpine environments. It typically grows on sloped to overhanging surfaces of calcareous rocks found above the treeline. In the Alps, this species is primarily found in the nival belt, the highest zone of alpine vegetation, where it is likely restricted.[9][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Melanolecia transitoria (Arnold) Hertel, in Poelt & Vězda, Biblthca Lichenol. 16: 365 (1981)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Poelt, J.; Vězda, A. (1981). Bestimmungsschlüssel europäischer Flechten. Ergänzungsheft II [Identification key to European lichens. Supplement II]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 16. Vaduz: J. Cramer. p. 364. ISBN 978-3-7682-1162-8.
- ^ "Melanolecia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b Nimis, Pier Luigi (2016). The Lichens of Italy. A Second Annotated Catalogue. Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste. p. 298. ISBN 978-88-8303-755-9.
- ^ 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 [153]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:1854/LU-8754813.
- ^ Buschbom, Jutta; Mueller, Gregory (2004). "Resolving evolutionary relationships in the lichen-forming genus Porpidia and related allies (Porpidiaceae, Ascomycota)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (1): 66–82. Bibcode:2004MolPE..32...66B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.012. PMID 15186798.
- ^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A., eds. (2001). Dictionary of the Fungi (9th ed.). Wallingford, Oxford: CABI Bioscience. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5.
- ^ Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; Huhndorf, Sabine M. (2010). "Myconet Volume 14. Part One. Outline of Ascomycota—2009. Part Two. Notes on Ascomycete Systematics. Nos. 4751–5113". Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences. 1: 1–64 [18]. doi:10.3158/1557.1.
- ^ a b Hertel, H. (1983). "Über einige aus Lecidea und Melanolecia (Ascomycetes lichenisati) auszuschließende Arten" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (in German). 19: 441–447.