Phyllobathelium

Phyllobathelium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Strigulales
Family:	Strigulaceae
Genus:	Phyllobathelium (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
Synonyms[1]
Bathelium sect. Phyllobathelium Müll.Arg. (1883) Opercularia Stirt. (1878) Septoriomyces Cavalc. & A.A.Silva (1972)

Phyllobathelium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Strigulaceae.[2][3] It comprises eight species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling, crustose lichens.

Taxonomy

The Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis first proposed Phyllobathelium in 1883 as a section of the genus Bathelium.[4] He promoted it to full genus status in 1890.[5]

Description

The main characteristic of the genus is the presence of black, amorphous to pulverulent (i.e., powdery and crumbly) structures on the upper part of the wall of the perithecium (fruiting bodies).[6]

Species

As of August 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept eight species of Phyllobathelium:[2]

• Phyllobathelium anomalum Lücking (2008)[7] – Ecuador
• Phyllobathelium chlorogastricum (Müll.Arg.) Aptroot & Lücking (2016)[8] – South America
• Phyllobathelium epiphyllum (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
• Phyllobathelium firmum (Stirt.) Vězda (2000)[9]
• Phyllobathelium leguminosae (Cavalc. & A.A.Silva) Lücking & Sérus. (1998)[10]
• Phyllobathelium megapotamicum (Malme) R.Sant. (1952)
• Phyllobathelium nigrum R.Sant. & Tibell (1988)[6] – Australia; Fiji; Java
• Phyllobathelium thaxteri (Vain.) Zahlbr. (1931)

Two species once placed in this genus have since been transferred to Swinscowia:[11]

• Phyllobathelium albolinitum (Nyl.) H.Mayrhofer (1987) = Swinscowia albolinita
• Phyllobathelium obtectum (Vain.) H.Mayrhofer (1987) = Swinscowia obtecta

Phyllobathelium nudum Zahlbr. (1928) was transferred to the genus Phyllocraterina in 2013,[12] and is now known as Phyllocraterina nuda.[13]

References

1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Phyllobathelium (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 73: 195 (1890)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
2. "Phyllobathelium". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [123]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:1854/LU-8754813.
4. Müller, J. (1883). "Lichenologische Beiträge XVIII". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 66 (22): 344–354 [347].
5. Müller, J. (1890). "Lichenologische Beiträge XXXIII". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 73 (2): 187–202 [195].
6. Santesson, R.; Tibell, L. (1988). "Foliicolous lichens from Australia". Austrobaileya. 2 (5): 529–545 [538].
7. Lücking, Robert (2008). Foliicolous Lichenized Fungi. Flora Neotropica. Vol. 103. New York Botanical Garden Press. p. 254. ISSN 0071-5794. JSTOR 25660968.
8. Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert (2016). "A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales)". The Lichenologist. 48 (6): 763–982 [9760. doi:10.1017/s0024282916000487.
9. Lücking, R.; Kalb, K. (2000). "Foliikole Flechten aus Brasilien (vornehmlich Amazonien), inklusive einer Checkliste und Bemerkungen zu Coenogonium und Dimerella (Gyalectaceae)". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 122 (1): 1–61 [44].
10. Lücking, Robert; Sérusiaux, Emmanuël; Maia, Leonor C.; Pereira, Eugênia C.G. (1998). "A revision of the names of foliicolous lichenized fungi published by Batista and co-Workers between 1960 and 1975". The Lichenologist. 30 (2): 121–191. doi:10.1006/lich.1997.0117.
11. Hongsanan, Sinang; Hyde, Kevin D.; Phookamsak, Rungtiwa; Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.; McKenzie, Eric H.C.; Sarma, V. Venkateswara; et al. (2020). "Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes". Fungal Diversity. 105 (1): 17–318 [136]. doi:10.1007/s13225-020-00462-6.
12. Lücking, Robert; Sérusiaux, Emmanuël (2013). "Phyllobathelium nudum Zahlbr. is a second species in the genus Phyllocratera (lichenized Ascomycota: Strigulaceae)". The Lichenologist. 45 (5): 691–693. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000388.
13. "Record Details: Phyllobathelium nudum Zahlbr., Annals Cryptog. Exot. 1(2): 115 (1928)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 August 2024.