| Zahlbrucknerella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Lichinaceae |
| Genus: | Zahlbrucknerella Herre (1912) |
| Type species | |
| Zahlbrucknerella calcarea (Herre) Herre (1912)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zahlbrucknerella is a genus of filamentous, rock-dwelling lichens in the family Lichinaceae.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus was circumscribed by Albert William Herre in 1912.[3] He had originally published the genus in 1910 as Zahlbrucknera,[4] but later discovered that this name had already been used for a genus of flowering plants, and was thus not available for use.[3] The genus is named for Alexander Zahlbruckner, "the eminent lichenologist, curator of the botanical section of the Imperial Natural History Museum, at Vienna, Austria".[4] Aino Henssen emended the genus in 1977, adding five newly described species in the process.[5]
Description[edit]
All species of Zahlbrucknerella have filamentous thallus that form olive, brown, or black tufts on rocks that are periodically inundated with water, like those in seepage channels or on the side of lakes and rivers. The photobiont partner is from the genus Scytonema. Unlike other genera in the Lichinaceae, the ascocarp of Zahlbrucknerella is not in the form of pycnoascocarps, but rather is a mass of generative tissue. Most species have 24 ascospores in their asci, while one has 8. Other Lichinaceae genera with a similar appearance, and with which Zahlbrucknerella has historically been confused, include Ephebe, Placynthium, and Spilonema.[5]
Species[edit]
Most species in the genus have a limited range, although the type species has a world-wide distribution.
- Zahlbrucknerella africana Henssen (1977)[5] – South Africa
- Zahlbrucknerella calcarea (Herre) Zahlbr. (1924) – Asia; Europe; Iceland; South Africa; North America
- Zahlbrucknerella californica Henssen (1977)[5] – California
- Zahlbrucknerella compacta Henssen (2004)[6] – New Zealand
- Zahlbrucknerella fabispora Henssen (1977)[5] – Colorado; Iceland; Karelia
- Zahlbrucknerella granitica Sambo (1932)[7]
- Zahlbrucknerella indica D.D.Awasthi & S.R.Singh (1979)[8] – India
- Zahlbrucknerella marionensis Henssen (1985)[9] – Marion Island, Indian Ocean
- Zahlbrucknerella maritima Henssen (1963)[10] – Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego
- Zahlbrucknerella maxima Henssen (1977)[5] – Venezuela
- Zahlbrucknerella patagonica Henssen (1977)[5] – Patagonia; Antarctica
Species interactions[edit]
Lichenicolous fungi that have been recorded on Zahlbrucknerella lichens include Stigmidium parvum, Didymella parvispora, and Endococcus zahlbrucknerellae.[5][11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Zahlbrucknerella Herre, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 2: 384 (1912)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ 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 [181]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
- ^ a b Herre, A.W.C.T. (1912). "Supplement to the lichen flora of the Santa Cruz Peninsula, California". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 2: 380–386.
- ^ a b Herre, A.W. (1910). "The lichen flora of the Santa Cruz Peninsula, California". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 10: 129.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Henssen, Aino (1977). "The genus Zahlbrucknerella". The Lichenologist. 9 (1): 17–46. doi:10.1017/s0024282977000048. S2CID 86465369.
- ^ Henssen, A. (2004). "Hertella neozelandica and Zahlbrucknerella compacta (Ascomycotina), two new cyanophilic lichens from the Southern Hemisphere". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 88: 195–200.
- ^ Cengia Sambo, M. (1930). Licheni della Patagonia e di altre regioni dell'Argentina raccolti dai missionari salesian (in Italian). p. 26.
- ^ Awasthi, D.D.; Singh, K.P. (1979). "New or otherwise interesting lichens from Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 26 (2): 91–97.
- ^ Henssen, A. (1985). "A new Zahlbrucknerella species from the subantarctic". The Lichenologist. 17 (3): 301–303. doi:10.1017/s002428298500041x. S2CID 85169030.
- ^ Henssen, A. (1963). "Eine Revision der Flechtenfamilien Lichinaceae und Ephebaceae" [A revision of the lichen families Lichinaceae and Ephebaceae]. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses (in German). 18 (1): 80.
- ^ Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.