''Amandinea'' is a
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 com ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[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 ...]
in the family
Caliciaceae
The Caliciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. Although the family has had its classification changed several times throughout its taxonomic history, the use of mode ...
.
Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''
Buellia
''Buellia'' is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on li ...
'' are the same,
[Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James and P. A. Wosley (eds.) The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Natural History Museum Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 142–144] although this is not widely accepted.
[Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012]
Taxonomy
The genus was originally
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Maurice Choisy
Maurice Gustave Benoît Choisy (29 June 1897 – 19 June 1966) was a French mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to h ...
in 1950, with ''
Amandinea coniops'' assigned as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
.
However, the name was published
invalidly because it was not accompanied by a
Latin
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description or diagnosis, a requirement of the
nomenclatural rules of the time.
Christoph Scheidegger and Helmut Mayrhofer published the genus name validly in 1993.
The generic name honours French Madame Amandine Manière, an acquaintance of Choisy.
Species
,
Species Fungorum
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accepts 88 species of ''Amandinea'':
* ''
Amandinea analgifera''
* ''
Amandinea antipodensis
''Amandinea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''Buellia'' are the same,Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, ...
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* ''
Amandinea augusta''
* ''
Amandinea australasica''
* ''
Amandinea austroconiops''
* ''
Amandinea babingtonii''
* ''
Amandinea bittangabeensis''
* ''
Amandinea brugierae''
* ''
Amandinea brunneola''
* ''
Amandinea cacuminum''
* ''
Amandinea clearyi
''Amandinea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''Buellia'' are the same,Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, ...
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* ''
Amandinea conglomerata''
* ''
Amandinea coniops''
* ''
Amandinea conranensis
''Amandinea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''Buellia'' are the same,Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, ...
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* ''
Amandinea crassiuscula
''Amandinea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''Buellia'' are the same,Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, ...
''
* ''
Amandinea decedens''
* ''
Amandinea decedens''
* ''
Amandinea deminuta
''Amandinea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus ''Amandinea'' and ''Buellia'' are the same,Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, ...
''
* ''
Amandinea destituta''
* ''
Amandinea devilliersiana''
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Amandinea diorista''
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Amandinea discreta''
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Amandinea dudleyensis''
* ''
Amandinea efflorescens''
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Amandinea endochroa''
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Amandinea errata''
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Amandinea extenuata''
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Amandinea falklandica''
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Amandinea feraxioides''
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Amandinea fouquieriensis''
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Amandinea fuscoatratula''
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Amandinea hnatiukii''
* ''
Amandinea hypohyalina''
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Amandinea hypopallida''
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Amandinea hypostictica''
* ''
Amandinea incrustans''
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Amandinea isabellina''
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Amandinea julianeae''
* ''
Amandinea langloisii''
* ''
Amandinea latemarginata''
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Amandinea lecideina''
* ''
Amandinea lignicola''
* ''
Amandinea litoralis''
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Amandinea lobarica''
* ''
Amandinea madeirensis''
– Portugal
* ''
Amandinea maritima''
* ''
Amandinea mediospora''
* ''
Amandinea megaspora''
* ''
Amandinea melaxanthella''
* ''
Amandinea microsticta''
* ''
Amandinea montana''
* ''
Amandinea mountmeensis''
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Amandinea myrticola''
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Amandinea nana''
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Amandinea natalensis''
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Amandinea nebulosa''
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Amandinea neoconglomerata''
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Amandinea nitrophila''
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Amandinea occidentalis''
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Amandinea okainensis''
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Amandinea oleicola''
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Amandinea ornata''
* ''
Amandinea otagensis''
* ''
Amandinea pelidna''
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Amandinea petermannii''
* ''
Amandinea pillagaensis''
* ''
Amandinea polyxanthonica''
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Amandinea porulosa''
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Amandinea prospersa''
* ''
Amandinea prothallinata''
* ''
Amandinea pseudomultispora''
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Amandinea puertomonttensis''
* ''
Amandinea punctata''
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Amandinea rangitatensis''
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Amandinea ropinii''
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Amandinea skottsbergii''
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Amandinea stajsicii''
* ''
Amandinea subbadioatra''
* ''
Amandinea subcervina''
* ''
Amandinea subduplicata''
* ''
Amandinea submontana''
* ''
Amandinea subplicata''
* ''
Amandinea trassii''
* ''
Amandinea tristiuscula''
* ''
Amandinea turgescens''
* ''
Amandinea variabilis''
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Amandinea vitellina''
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Amandinea windmillensis''
* ''
Amandinea xylographella''
Gallery
Image:Amandinea polyspora.jpg, '' Amandinea polyspora''
Image:Amandinea punctata-3.jpg, Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium from ''A. punctata'' taken through a compound microscope, x400. (The exciple is uniformly pigmented dark brown; the epihymenium is brown; the hypothecium is brown black.)
Image:Amandinea polyspora-2.jpg, Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of ''A. polyspora'' through a compound microscope (x1000) showing 25+ spores per ascus
Image:Amandinea punctata-4.jpg, Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of ''A. punctata'' taken through a compound microscope (x1000), showing 8 brown 1-septate spores per ascus.
References
Lichen genera
Caliciales genera
Taxa described in 1950
Taxa named by Maurice Choisy
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