Gyrophthorus is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the phylum Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1990 by Josef Hafellner and Leopoldo Sancho, with Gyrophthorus perforans assigned as the type species.[2]

Gyrophthorus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Gyrophthorus
Hafellner & Sancho (1990)
Type species
Gyrophthorus perforans
Hafellner & Sancho (1990)
Species

G. crustulosae
G. gracilis
G. perforans

Species

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All three Gyrophthorus species are parasitic on lichens from genus Umbilicaria.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ^ a b c Hafellner, J.; Sancho, L.G. (1990). "Über einige lichenicole Pilze und Flechten aus den Gebirgen Zentralspaniens und den Ostalpen" [On some lichenicole fungi and lichens from the mountains of central Spain and the eastern Alps]. Herzogia (in German). 8 (3–4): 363–382. doi:10.1127/herzogia/8/1990/363. S2CID 249732880.
  3. ^ Hoffmann, N.; Hafellner, J. (2000). "Eine Revision der lichenicolen Arten der Sammelgattungen Guignardia und Physalospora (Ascomycotina)". Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). 77: 35.
  4. ^ 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.