Parvoplaca
Appearance
Parvoplaca | |
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Caloplaca tiroliensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Parvoplaca Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013) |
Type species | |
Parvoplaca tiroliensis (Zahlbr.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
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Species | |
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Parvoplaca is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup.[1]
Species
[edit]- Parvoplaca athallina (Darb.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
- Parvoplaca candanii Halıcı & Søchting (2023)[2] – Antarctica
- Parvoplaca chelyae (Pérez-Vargas) Vondrák, Halıcı & Arup (2015)
- Parvoplaca lamprocarpa Arup & Søchting (2023)[2] – Alaska
- Parvoplaca macroborealis Arup & Søchting (2023)[2] – Oregon, USA
- Parvoplaca nigroblastidiata Arup, Halıcı & Vondrák (2015)[3] – Europe; Alaska
- Parvoplaca servitiana (Szatala) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
- Parvoplaca suspiciosa (Nyl.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
- Parvoplaca tenebrosa Arup & Søchting (2023)[2] – Oregon, USA
- Parvoplaca tiroliensis (Zahlbr.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
Description
[edit]Parvoplaca is a genus of crustose lichens with small, usually yellow or blackened apothecia. The spores are polar-diblastic with a septum. No pycnidia are seen.[1]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Parvoplaca is mainly distributed in polar regions but also in the boreal zone and the Mediterranean.[1]
Species of Parvoplaca generally grow on moss or detritus but are also found growing on bark.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Halıcı, Mehmet Gökhan (2023). "Four new species of Parvoplaca (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 68 (2): 294–303. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2023-0014.
- ^ Arup, Ulf; Vondrák, Jan; Halıcı, Mehmet Gökhan (2015). "Parvoplaca nigroblastidiata, a new corticolous lichen (Teloschistaceae) in Europe, Turkey and Alaska". The Lichenologist. 47 (6): 379–385. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000389.