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Aplanocalenia
''Aplanocalenia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Gomphillaceae. This is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ... genus, containing the single species ''Aplanocalenia inconspicua''. References Ostropales Lichen genera Ostropales genera Taxa named by Antonín Vězda Taxa named by Emmanuël Sérusiaux Taxa named by Robert Lücking Taxa described in 2005 {{Ostropales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomphillaceae
The Gomphillaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales. Species in this family are found mostly in tropical regions. Genera According to a recent (2020) estimate, the Gomphillaceae comprise 26 genera and about 420 species. The following list indicates the genus name, the taxonomic authority, year of publication, and the number of species: * '' Actinoplaca'' – 2 spp. * '' Aderkomyces'' – 30 spp. * '' Aplanocalenia'' – 1 sp. * '' Arthotheliopsis'' – 5 spp. * '' Asterothyrium'' – 32 spp. * '' Aulaxina'' – 14 spp. * '' Calenia'' – 30 spp. * '' Caleniopsis'' – 2 spp. * ''Corticifraga ''Corticifraga'' is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Gomphillaceae. The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth and Rolf Santesson in 1990, with '' Corticifraga peltigerae'' assigned as the type species. Species *'' Cor ...'' – 7 spp. * '' Diploschistella'' – 4 spp. * '' Echinoplaca'' – 40 spp. * '' Ferraroa'' – 1 sp. * '' Gomphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves. Life and career Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the University of Ulm. Both degrees concerned the taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity of foliicolous lichens. His graduate supervisor was mycologist and bryologist Sieghard Winkler, who had previously studied epiphyllous (upper leaf-dwelling) fungi in El Salvador and Colombia. In 1996 Lücking was awarded the Mason E. Hale award for an "outstanding doctoral thesis presented by a candidate on a lichenological theme". His thesis was titled ''Foliikole Flechten und ihre Mikrohabitatpraferenzen in einem tropischen Regenwald in Costa Rica'' ("Foliicolous lichens and their microhabitat preferences in a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica"). In this work, Lücking recorded 177 foliicolous lichen species from the shrub layer in a Costa Rican tropical forest. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Vězda
Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 November 2008) was a Czech lichenologist. After completing a university education that was postponed by World War II, Vězda taught botany at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech University of Life Sciences. In 1958, he was dismissed from his university position as a result of the restrictions placed on academic freedoms by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, communist regime in power. He eventually was hired as a lichen researcher by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, who allowed him to work from his apartment, which served also as an office and herbarium. Vězda was a productive worker, publishing nearly 400 scientific papers between 1948 and 2008, most solitarily, describing hundreds of new taxon, taxa, and building up a herbarium scientific collection, collection of more than 300,000 specimens. He was praised for his series of exsiccata, exsiccates – sets of dried herbarium specimens – assembled with bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Introduction to Lichens – An Alliance between Kingdoms . University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not s. They may have tiny, leafless branches (); flat leaf-like structures ( |
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic Taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, '' Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostropales
The Ostropales are an order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. The order was circumscribed by Swedish botanist John Axel Nannfeldt in 1932. The order contains 4 families and 46 genera, including 6 genera of uncertain familial placement. Families and genera * Odontotremataceae ::'' Claviradulomyces'' – 2 spp. ::'' Coccomycetella'' – 2 spp. ::'' Odontotrema'' – 7 spp. ::'' Odontura'' – 1 sp. ::'' Paschelkiella'' – 1 sp. ::'' Potriphila'' – 3 spp. ::'' Rogellia'' – 2 spp. ::'' Stromatothecia'' – 1 sp. ::'' Tryblis'' – 2 spp. ::'' Xerotrema'' – 2 spp. * Phaneromycetaceae ::'' Phaneromyces'' – 2 spp. * Spirographaceae ::'' Spirographa'' – 5 spp. * Stictidaceae ::'' Absconditella'' – 12 spp. ::'' Acarosporina'' – 5 spp. ::'' Biostictis'' – 5 spp. ::'' Carestiella'' – 2 sp. ::'' Conotremopsis'' – 1 sp. ::'' Cryptodiscus'' – 15 spp. * ::'' Cyanodermella'' – 2 spp. ::'' Delpontia'' – 1 sp. ::'' Fitzroyomyces'' – 1 sp. ::'' Geisleria'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichen Genera
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Introduction to Lichens – An Alliance between Kingdoms . University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not s. They may have tiny, leafless branches (); flat leaf-like structures ( |
Ostropales Genera
The Ostropales are an order of fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. The order was circumscribed by Swedish botanist John Axel Nannfeldt in 1932. The order contains 4 families and 46 genera, including 6 genera of uncertain familial placement. Families and genera * Odontotremataceae ::'' Claviradulomyces'' – 2 spp. ::'' Coccomycetella'' – 2 spp. ::'' Odontotrema'' – 7 spp. ::'' Odontura'' – 1 sp. ::'' Paschelkiella'' – 1 sp. ::'' Potriphila'' – 3 spp. ::'' Rogellia'' – 2 spp. ::'' Stromatothecia'' – 1 sp. ::'' Tryblis'' – 2 spp. ::'' Xerotrema'' – 2 spp. * Phaneromycetaceae ::'' Phaneromyces'' – 2 spp. * Spirographaceae ::'' Spirographa'' – 5 spp. * Stictidaceae ::'' Absconditella'' – 12 spp. ::'' Acarosporina'' – 5 spp. ::'' Biostictis'' – 5 spp. ::'' Carestiella'' – 2 sp. ::'' Conotremopsis'' – 1 sp. ::'' Cryptodiscus'' – 15 spp. * ::'' Cyanodermella'' – 2 spp. ::'' Delpontia'' – 1 sp. ::'' Fitzroyomyces'' – 1 sp. ::'' Geisleria'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
