Herteliana is a genus of lichen-forming fungi. It contains four species of crustose lichens.
| Herteliana | |
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| Herteliana gagei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Herteliana P.James (1980) |
| Type species | |
| Herteliana taylorii (Salwey) P.James (1980)
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Taxonomy
editThe genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Peter Wilfred James in 1980.[1] The genus name honours the German teacher and lichenologist Hannes Hertel.[2]
James originally classified the genus in the family Lecideaceae,[2] but it has since been included in the Ramalinaceae (2017),[3][4] and, more recently (2022), in the Cladoniaceae.[5] This is because in 2014, it was shown using molecular phylogenetics that Herteliana taylorii grouped together in a clade with Squamarina, and should thus be excluded from the Ramalinaceae and transferred elsewhere in the Lecanorales; the authors concomitantly recommended resurrecting the family Squamarinaceae (originally proposed by Josef Hafellner in 1984[6]) to contain Herteliana and Squamarina.[7] In 2018, Kraichuk and colleagues proposed to fold the Squamarinaceae into the Cladoniaceae,[8] a taxonomic suggestion that had been accepted by later authors.[3]
The original type species assigned by James, H. taylorii, is now considered synonymous with H. gagei.[9]
Description
editThe thallus (the body of the lichen) of Herteliana is crust-like. The apothecia (fruiting bodies) can be either embedded within the thallus or sit directly on its surface, are spherical (globose), and have a distinct margin. The excipulum (the outer layer of the apothecium) is made up of tightly packed cells that resemble plant tissue (pseudoparenchymatous). The hypothecium(the layer below the spore-producing area) extends significantly and forms a root-like structure, and is nearly colourless.[1]
The paraphyses (sterile filaments within the apothecia) have swollen tips, are mostly unbranched, but sometimes they branch and reconnect. The asci (spore-producing sacs) resemble those in the genus Lecanora and typically contain eight spores. The ascospores are broadly spindle-shaped, simple (not divided by septa), and colourless.[1]
The pycnidia (structures that produce asexual spores) are embedded in the thallus, and the conidia (asexual spores) are formed at the tips, are sickle-shaped, simple, and colourless.[1]
Species
edit- Herteliana alaskensis (Nyl.) S.Ekman (1996)[10]
- Herteliana australis Fryday (2004)[11] – New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
- Herteliana gagei (Sm.) J.R.Laundon (2005)[12]
- Herteliana schuyleriana Lendemer (2016)[13] – northeastern North America
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W.; Coppins, B.J. (1980). "Checklist of British lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi". The Lichenologist. 12 (1): 1–115 [106]. doi:10.1017/s0024282980000035.
- ^ a b Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen [Generic Eponyms in Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
- ^ a b 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 [387]. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. JSTOR 44250015.
- ^ "Herteliana". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ 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 [148]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:1854/LU-8754813.
- ^ Hafellner, J. (1984). "Studien in Richtung einer natürlichen Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoracae und Lecideaceae" [Studies towards a natural classification of the collective families Lecanoraceae and Lecideaceae]. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). 79: 241–371 [337].
- ^ Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Kauff, Frank; Högnabba, Filip; Oliver, Jeffrey C.; Molnár, Katalin; Fraker, Emily; et al. (2014). "A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 132–168. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.003. PMC 4185256. PMID 24747130.
- ^ Kraichak, Ekaphan; Huang, Jen-Pan; Nelsen, Matthew; Leavitt, Steven D.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018). "A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (3): 233–249. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy060.
- ^ "Record Details: Herteliana taylorii (Salwey ex Mudd) P. James, in Hawksworth, James & Coppins, Lichenologist 12(1): 106 (1980)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Ekman, S. (1996). "The corticolous and lignicolous species of Bacidia and Bacidina in North America". Opera Botanica. 127: 127.
- ^ Fryday, A.M. (2004). "New species and records of lichenized fungi from Campbell Island and the Auckland Islands, New Zealand". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 88: 127–146.
- ^ Laundon, J.R. (2005). "The publication and typification of Sir James Edward Smith's lichens in English Botany". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 483–499.
- ^ Lendemer, J.C. (2016). "Herteliana schuyleriana (Squamarinaceae), a new crustose lichen widespread in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America". Bartonia. 69: 62–76.