lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Lecanoraceae. It was
circumscribed
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in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus ''
Japewia
''Japewia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.
The genus name of ''Japewia'' is in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked at the Natural History M ...
''. The genus name of ''Japewia'' was in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology). 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.
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by Christian Printzen in Bryologist vol.102 on page 715 in 1999.
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, ''
Japewiella carrollii
''Japewiella'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus ''Japewia''. The genus name of ''Japewia'' was in honour of Peter W ...
'', is an oceanic species that occurs in maritime regions of Europe and Macaronesia.
Description
''Japewiella'' species are crust lichens that grow on bark. They are characterized by their biatorine apothecia, thick-walled, simple ascospores, eight-spored
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with a conspicuous ''masse axiale'' (similar to asci found in members of genus ''
Lecidella
''Lecidella'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae.
Taxonomy
''Lecidella'' was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855. It was not widely used until more than a century later, when Hannes Hertel ...
''). They have a well-developed excipulum (a saucer-shaped rim around the
hymenium
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) comprising branched and anastomosing, gelatinized
hypha
A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
Structure
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Species
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Japewiella carrollii
''Japewiella'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus ''Japewia''. The genus name of ''Japewia'' was in honour of Peter W ...
Japewiella pacifica
''Japewiella'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus ''Japewia''. The genus name of ''Japewia'' was in honour of Peter W ...