Gyalectaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pertusariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Pertusariales

Familia: Coccotremataceae
Genus: Gyalectaria
Species: G. diluta – G. gyalectoides – G. jamesii

Name

Gyalectaria I.Schmitt, Kalb & Lumbsch in Schmitt et al., Mycology 1(1): 80 (2010). [MycoBank #515571]

Type species: Gyalectaria jamesii (Kantvilas) I.Schmitt, Kalb & Lumbsch, Mycology 1(1): 81 (2010). [MycoBank #515574]

Etymology: The generic name consists of the first part Gyalect- derived from the morphologically similar genus Gyalecta and the second part -aria derived from the second part of the generic name Pertusaria, to which the species have been placed previously.

References

• Schmitt, I., Fankhauser, J.D., Sweeney, K., Spribille, T., Kalb, K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Gyalectoid Pertusaria species form a sister-clade to Coccotrema (Ostropomycetidae, Ascomycota) and comprise the new lichen genus Gyalectaria. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology 1(1): 75–83. DOI: 10.1080/21501201003631540 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 515571
• MycoBank: MB 515571
• Gyalectaria in GBIF