''Gondwania'' is a genus 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 in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It has five species.

Taxonomy

The genus was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every po ...

by lichenologists Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup. The type species is '' G. cribrosa'', a species that was first named ''Polycauliona cribrosa'' by

Auguste-Marie Hue Father Auguste-Marie Hue (15 August 1840– 22 June 1917) was a French lichenologist. Biography Hue was born on 15 August 1840, in Saint-Saëns, Seine-Maritime. He was Ordination, ordained as a priest in 1865. From 1890 to 1915 he was a chaplain ...

in 1909. The genus name refers to the ancestral supercontinent

Gondwana Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages ...

Description

''Gondwania'' species grow on rock, and have a variety of forms: , somewhat fruticose, or crustose. Species contain lichen products characteristic of A. '' Cerothallis'' and ''

Austroplaca ''Austroplaca'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 10 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup, with '' Austroplaca ambitiosa'' assigned as the type speci ...

'' are closely related genera in the Teloschistaceae. ''Gondwania'' has a Southern Hemisphere distribution, occurring in the Antarctic, southern Australia, New Zealand, and Patagonia.

Species

* ''

Gondwania cribrosa ''Gondwania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It has five species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by lichenologists Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frö ...

'' – Tasmania; New Zealand * '' Gondwania inclinans'' – New Zealand * '' Gondwania joannae'' – Antarctica * '' Gondwania sejongensis'' * '' Gondwania sublobulata'' – South America The proposed taxon ''Gondwania regalis'' has since been transferred to a different genus and is now known as ''

Polycauliona regalis ''Polycauliona'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Species *''Polycauliona antarctica'' *'' Polycauliona ascendens'' *'' Polycauliona austrogeorgica'' *'' Polycauliona bolacina'' *'' Polycauliona brattiae'' * ...

''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q25818975 Teloschistales Teloschistales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2013 Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting Taxa named by Patrik Frödén Taxa named by Ulf Arup