Reimnitzia is a fungal genus in the family Graphidaceae.[2] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single lichen species Reimnitzia santensis. Both the genus and species were described as new to science in 2001 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb. The genus name honours Michael and Christine Reimnitz, friends of the author who assisted him with his lichen collections. The type species was originally named Theletrema santensis by American Edward Tuckerman, from specimens collected by Henry William Ravenel in South Carolina. The main characteristic of the lichen is the distinct epithecium formed by the densely interwoven upper parts of the paraphyses. Reimnitzia was originally classified in the Thelotremataceae,[3] but that family has since been folded into the Graphidaceae.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Reimnitzia Kalb (2001) |
| Type species | |
| Reimnitzia santensis (Tuck.) Kalb (2001)
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Reimnitzia santensis has also been recorded in Ecuador,[5] and China.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Reimnitzia santensis (Tuck.) Kalb, Mycotaxon 79: 325 (2001)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Reimnitzia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Kalb, Klaus (2001). "The lichen genus Topeliopsis in Australia and remarks on Australian Thelotremataceae". Mycotaxon. 79: 319–328.
- ^ Mangold, Armin; Martín, María P.; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2008). "Molecular phylogeny suggests synonymy of Thelotremataceae within Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales)". Taxon. 2 (2): 476–486. doi:10.2307/25066016. JSTOR 25066016.
- ^ Bustamante, Andrea; Gusman, Elizabeth; Benitez, Angel (2018). "First records of Phyllopeltula and Reimnitzia genera (epiphytic lichens) for Ecuador". Gayana. Botánica. 75 (1): 535–538. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100535. S2CID 92283077.
- ^ Dou, Ming-Zhu; Yao, Zeng-Ting; Jia, Ze-Feng (2019). "Reimnitzia, a newly recorded lichen genus to China". Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany. 27 (6): 726–730.
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