Szczawinskia is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Pilocarpaceae. The genus contains five species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Canadian mycologist Alvin Funk in 1984, with Szczawinskia tsugae assigned as the type species.[3]

Szczawinskia
Szczawinskia leucopoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Szczawinskia
A.Funk (1984)
Type species
Szczawinskia tsugae
A.Funk (1984)
Synonyms[1]

The genus name Szczawinskia honours (Russian-) Canadian botanist Adam Franciszek Szczawinski (1913–2006).[4]

Species

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The species formerly known as Szczawinskia permira (Vězda) Farkas (2015)[7] is now known as Uluguria permira.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Szczawinskia A. Funk, Syesis 16: 85 (1984) [1983]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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 [151]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  3. ^ a b Funk, A. (1983). "Szczawinskia, a new genus of the lichen-forming Coelomycetes". Syesis. 16: 85–88.
  4. ^ Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
  5. ^ a b Holien, H.; Tønsberg, T. (2002). "Two new species in the lichen genus Szczawinskia A. Funk". The Lichenologist. 34 (5): 369–372. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0408. S2CID 84943260.
  6. ^ Øvstedal, D.O.; Gremmen, N.J.M. (2010). "New lichen species from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 47: 43–49.
  7. ^ Farkas, E. (2015). "Names of Bacidia s. l. in current use for foliicolous lichens – An annotated nomenclatural study" (PDF). Acta Botanica Hungarica. 57 (1–2): 51–70. doi:10.1556/ABot.57.2015.1-2.8.
  8. ^ "Record Details: Szczawinskia permira (Vězda) Farkas, Acta bot. hung. 57(1-2): 68 (2015)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 6 July 2023.