Catapyrenium boccanum is a species of squamulose (scaley), rock-dwelling lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It grows on mortar or on calcareous rock. Its squamules are up to 4 mm wide, pale to dark brown with black margins and a black underside. Ascospores measure 11–15 by 5–8 μm.[3] Because of its combination of squamulose thallus, simple ascospores (without any septa), and lack of algae in the hymenium, this species is a "catapyrenioid" lichen, of which more than 80 exist in the Verrucariaceae.[4]
| Catapyrenium boccanum | |
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| Growing in a calcareous rock depression in Planalto das Cezaredas, Portugal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Catapyrenium |
| Species: | C. boccanum
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| Catapyrenium boccanum (Servít) Breuss (1990)
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The lichen was first formally described as a new species in 1955 by Czech lichenologist Miroslav Servít.[5] Othmar Breuss transferred it to Catapyrenium in 1990 as part of a revision of that genus.[6] In Europe, the lichen has a largely Mediterranean distribution, although scattered records are known from western and southern Europe.[3] It is also found in Turkey.[7]
References
edit- ^ Breuss, O. (1996). "Ein verfeinertes Gliederungskonzept für Catapyrenium (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariaceae)" [A refined generic concept for Catapyrenium (lichenized ascomycetes, Verrucariaceae)]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien (in German). 98 (Suppl.): 35–50 [38]. JSTOR 41767013.
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Catapyrenium boccanum (Servít) Breuss, Stapfia 23: 77 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ a b Prieto, María; Aragón, Gregorio; Martínez, Isabel (2010). "The genus Catapyrenium s. lat. (Verrucariaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands". The Lichenologist. 42 (6): 637–684. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000319.
- ^ Breuss, Othmar (2010). "An updated world-wide key to the catapyrenioid lichens (Verrucariaceae)". Herzogia. 23 (2): 205–216. doi:10.13158/heia.23.2.2010.205.
- ^ Servít, M. (1955). "Lichenes novi" [New lichens]. Rozpravy Ceskoslovenské Akademie Ved (in Czech). 65 (3): 1–43 [23].
- ^ Breuss, O. (1990). Die Flechtengattung Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae) [The lichen genus Catapyrenium (Verrucariaceae)] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). Vol. 23. p. 77.
- ^ Halici, Mehmet Gökhan; Aksoy, Ahmet (2009). "Lichenised and lichenicolous fungi of Aladağlar National Park (Niğde, Kayseri and Adana Provinces) in Turkey". Turkish Journal of Botany. 33: 169–189. doi:10.3906/bot-0810-14.
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