A remarkable and widespread new lichenicolous species of Mycocalicium (Sphinctrinaceae) producing campylidia-like conidiomata and appendiculate conidia
- Author:
- Ertz D., Diederich P., Lendemer J., Komposch H., Harris R.C. & Huereca A.
- Year:
- 2023
- Journal:
- Plant and Fungal Systematics
- Pages:
- 68(2): 411–423
- Url:
- https://doi.org/10.35535/pfsyst-2023-0024
A lichenicolous fungus forming large black, vertically elongate, campylidia-like
conidiomata on the thallus of Ochrolechia was recently collected in Austria, Mexico and
the USA. The conidia are so remarkable in being multiappendiculate that initially no
existing fungal genera appeared to be suitable for its description. Nevertheless, molecular
phylogenetic analyses of nuITS and nuLSU sequences recovered the species within the
genus Mycocalicium. To date, no species of Mycocaliciales has been reported producing
appendiculate conidia. The species is described as new as M. campylidiophorum. The new
species was also discovered in the type specimen of Opegrapha chionographa that was
collected in Colombia 163 years ago. This discovery led us to revise O. chionographa,
originally described as a lichen, and clarify that in fact the name applies to a lichenicolous
fungus based on type material that is an admixture of M. campylidiophorum, an Ochrolechia
and an Opegrapha species. The name is shown to apply to the Opegrapha species and
lectotypified as such. Opegrapha blakii is treated as synonym of O. chionographa.
Key words: Arthoniales, fungi, Mycocaliciales, Opegrapha, phylogeny, taxonomy.
- Id:
- 36053
- Submitter:
- zpalice
- Post_time:
- Saturday, 30 December 2023 14:24