| Alyxoria viridipruinosa | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Lecanographaceae |
| Genus: | Alyxoria |
| Species: | A. viridipruinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Alyxoria viridipruinosa | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Alyxoria viridipruinosa is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) and lignicolous (wood-dwelling) lichen in the family Lecanographaceae. [2] It is found in Europe, where it grows on hardwood trees.
Taxonomy
The lichen was first formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Brian Coppins and Rebecca Yahr. The type specimen was collected from Needham Market ( Mid Suffolk, England), where it was found growing on the bark of Sambucus in a little-used, sheltered, chalk pit. The species epithet refers to the yellowish-green colour of the pruina visible on the discs and pycnidia. [3] Damien Ertz transferred the taxon to the genus Alyxoria in 2012. [4]
Description
The lichen has a thin, grey-green, powdery thallus. Its ascomata are in the form of lirellae that are evenly distributed throughout the thallus, and typically measure 0.3–0.6 mm long and 0.1–0.3 mm wide. The mostly-exposed disc is dark brown and covered with a green pruina that turns yellow after being dried. The ascospores, which measure eight per ascus, are hyaline, usually have 4 or 5 septa, and typically measure 15–19 by 4–5 μm. [3]
Habitat and distribution
In addition to England, Alyxoria viridipruinosa has also been recorded in Northern Ireland, Scotland, [3] Germany, [5] and the Netherlands. [6] It grows on a variety of hardwood trees, usually in secondary woodland, and often at forest edges. [3]
References
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Alyxoria viridipruinosa (Coppins & Yahr) Ertz, in Diederich, Ertz, Eichler, Cezanne, van den Boom, Fischer, Killmann, Van den Broeck & Sérusiaux, Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb. 113: 105 (2012)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Alyxoria viridipruinosa (Coppins & Yahr) Ertz". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Lumbsch, H.T.; Ahti, T.; Altermann, S.; De Paz, G.A.; Aptroot, A.; Arup, U.; et al. (2011). "One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity". Phytotaxa. 18 (1). Magnolia Press: 90. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1. hdl: 11336/4198.
- ^ Diederich, P.; Ertz, D.; Eichler, M.; Cezanne, R.; van den Boom, P.; Fischer, E.; Killmann, D.; Van den Broeck, D.; Sérusiaux, E. (2012). "New or interesting lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France. XIV". Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois. 113: 95–115 [105.
- ^ Litterski, Birgit; Dolnik, Christian; Neumann, Patrick; Schiefelbein, Ulf; Schultz, Matthias (2021). "Veränderungen der Flechtenflora auf dem Darß im Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft". Herzogia. 34 (2). doi: 10.13158/heia.34.2.2021.354. S2CID 245465937.
- ^ Timmerman, H.; Aptroot, A. (2012). "Een recent uit Engeland beschreven sort, Opegrapha viridipruinosa (limoenschri mos), komt ook in Nederland voor" [A species recently described from England, Opegrapha viridipruinosa (lime script lichen), also occurs in the Netherlands]. Buxbaumiella (in Dutch). 93: 26–32.