Physciaceae
The Physciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. A 2016 estimate placed 19 genera and 601 species in the family.[1]
| Physciaceae | |
|---|---|
| Physcia millegrana, member of the family Physciaceae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae Zahlbr. (1898) |
| Type genus | |
| Physcia | |
Description edit
The Physiaceae family includes various growth forms such as foliose, fruticose, squamulose, stipitate, crustose, and even evanescent types (where certain parts, such as basal squamules, become less noticeable or disappear over time as other structures develop). Some members of this family may also be lichenicolous, meaning they grow on other lichens. These lichens can exhibit features such as lobules, isidia, and soredia, or may lack them entirely.[2]
The upper cortex of Physiaceae lichens can be prosoplectenchymatous, paraplectenchymatous, or absent. Their photobiont, or the symbiotic algae living within the lichen, is typically a unicellular green alga from the genus Trebouxia, with a diameter ranging from 5 to 20 μm. The medulla can vary from poorly to well-developed or may even be absent, and it often contains lichen substances. The lower cortex can be prosoplectenchymatous, paraplectenchymatous, or absent, with the lower surface either possessing or lacking rhizines. A prothallus may be present or absent.[2]
Physiaceae lichens produce ascomata, which can be either apothecia or mazaedia. Their apothecia can be immersed, sessile, or short-stalked, with a more or less distinct exciple. The disc, when present, is generally round and ranges from flat to convex, displaying colours from brown to dark reddish-brown or black. A thalline exciple may or may not be present, while the proper exciple can be thin and weakly pigmented or well-developed and darkly pigmented.[2]
The epihymenium can be brown-black, brown, or green, while the hymenium is colourless or partly green, with or without oil droplets. The hypothecium can vary in colour from colourless to yellow-brown, brown, or dark brown. paraphyses are simple or sparingly branched in the uppermost part, with thickened apices often capped by a brown-pigmented layer. The asci are clavate, typically with 8 spores (but sometimes as few as 2 or as many as 16) and a well-developed amyloid tholus, a paler conical axial mass, and an ocular chamber.[2]
Ascospores in the Physiaceae family have a single septum, olive to brown in colour, and ellipsoidal in shape, often displaying uneven wall thickenings. The conidiomata are pycnidial, either immersed or superficial. Conidia can be formed acrogenously or pleurogenously, and they can be ellipsoidal, bacilliform, fusiform, or filiform.[2]
Genera edit
This is a list of the genera contained within the Physciaceae, based on a 2020 review and summary of ascomycete classification;[3] as wel as several genera that have been circumscribed or resurrected since then. Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority, year of publication, and the number of species:
- Anaptychia Körb. (1848)[4] – about 15 spp.
- Awasthia Essl. (1978) – 1 sp.
- Coscinocladium Kunze (1846)[5] – 2 spp.
- Helmutiopsis S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2021) – 3 spp.
- Heterodermia Trevis. (1868) – about 90 spp.
- Huriopsis S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös (2021) – 7 spp.
- Hyperphyscia Müll.Arg. (1894) – 9 spp.
- Johnsheardia S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt & A.Thell (2021) – 5 spp.
- Kashiwadia S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2014)[6] – 1 sp.
- Klauskalbia S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös, E.Farkas & Hur (2021)[7] – 4 spp.
- Kudratovia S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2021)[7] – 8 spp.
- Kurokawia S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2021)[7] – 7 spp.
- Leucodermia Kalb (2015)[8] – 10 spp.
- Mischoblastia A.Massal. (1852) – 3 spp.
- Mobergia H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (1992) – 1 sp.
- Oxnerella S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2014) – 1 spp.
- Phaeophyscia Mob. (1977)[9] – 66 spp.
- Phaeorrhiza H.Mayrhofer & Poelt (1979) – 2 spp.
- Physcia (Schreb.) Michaux (1803)[10] – about 80 spp.
- Physciella Essl. (1986)[11] – 4 spp.
- Physconia Poelt (1965)[12] – about 25 spp.
- Polyblastidium Kalb (2015)[8] – 18 spp.
- Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (1821) – about 300 spp
- Rinodinella H.Mayrhofer & Poelt (1978) – 6 spp.
- Tornabea Østh. (1980) – 1 spp.
The genus Culbersonia, previously classified in the Physciaceae due to its morphological features, has been shown with molecular phylogenetics to belong to the Caliciaceae.[13]
References edit
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
- ^ a b c d e Elix, John (2009). "Physciaceae". Flora of Australia. Vol. 57. Lichens 5. CSIRO Publishing. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-643-09665-3.
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- ^ Körber, Gustav Wihlem (1848). Grundriss der Kryptogamen-Kunde [Foundations of Cryptogamic Knowledge]. Breslau: Ed. Trewendt. p. 87.
- ^ Crespo, Ana; Blanco, Oscar; Llimona, Xavier; Ferencová, Zuzana L.; Hawksworth, David L. (2004). "Coscinocladium, an overlooked endemic and monotypic Mediterranean lichen genus of Physciaceae, reinstated by molecular phylogenetic analysis". Taxon. 53 (2): 405–414. doi:10.2307/4135618. JSTOR 4135618.
- ^ Kondratyuk, S.; Lőkös, L.; Kim, J.; Jeong, M.-H.; Kondratiuk, A.; Oh, S.-O.; Hur, J.-S. (2014). "Kashiwadia gen. nov. (Physciaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota), proved by phylogenetic analysis of the Eastern Asian Physciaceae". Acta Botanica Hungarica. 56 (3–4): 369–378. doi:10.1556/abot.56.2014.3-4.12.
- ^ a b c Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Lőkös, L.; Kärnefelt, I.; Thell, A.; Jeong, M.-H.; Oh, S.-O.; Kondratiuk, A.S.; Farkas, E.; Hur, J.-S. (2021). "Contributions to molecular phylogeny of lichen-forming fungi 2. Review of current monophyletic branches of the family Physciaceae" (PDF). Acta Botanica Hungarica. 63 (3–4): 351–390. doi:10.1556/034.63.2021.3-4.8. S2CID 239503884.
- ^ a b Mongkolsuk, Pachara; Meesim, Sanya; Poengsungnoen, Vasun; Buaruang, Kawinnat; Schumm, Felix; Kalb, Klaus (2015). "The lichen family Physciaceae in Thailand—II. Contributions to the genus Heterodermia sensu lato". Phytotaxa. 235 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.235.1.1.
- ^ Moberg, R. (1977). "The lichen genus Physcia and allied genera in Fennoscandia". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 22 (1): 1–108 [29].
- ^ von Schreber, J.C.D. (1791). Genera Plantarum (in Latin) (8th ed.).
- ^ Esslinger, T.L. (1986). "Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella". Mycologia. 78 (1): 92–97. doi:10.2307/3793382. JSTOR 3793382.
- ^ Poelt, J. (1965). "Zur Systematik der Flechtenfamilie Physciaceae". Nova Hedwigia (in German). 9: 21–32.
- ^ Aptroot, André; Maphangwa, Khumbudzo Walter; Zedda, Luciana; Tekere, Memory; Alvarado, Pablo; Sipman, Harrie J.M. (2019). "The phylogenetic position of Culbersonia is in the Caliciaceae (lichenized ascomycetes)". The Lichenologist. 51 (2): 187–191. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000033. S2CID 150264979.