Romjularia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lecideaceae
Genus: Romjularia
Species: R. lurida

Name

Romjularia Timdal, 2007

Diagnosis: Thallus squamiformis. Cortex superioris sine reliquiis algarum; algae virides, unicellulares; medulla non amyloidea. Apothecia lecideina, ad margineum squamarum affixa, badioatra vel atra; hymenium amyloideum, sine crystalliis; asci ut in geno Porpidia; sporae octonae, incolores, simplices, non-halonatae. Pycnidia mox sessilia, ad margineum squamarum affixa; conidiophora ramosa; pycnoconida lateralis, anguste ellipsoidea.

Type species: Romjularia lurida (Ach.) Timdal 2007

Family: Porpidiaceae

Number of species: One world-wide

Etymology: Named after the period between Christmas and New Year (romjul in Norwegian). The diagnosis and the main part of description was prepared during this period in 1995.

References

• Timdal, E. (2007) Romjularia (pp. 287-289) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.   (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30393 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• Hafellner, J. and Türk, R. (2001) Die lichenisierten Pilze Österreichs - eine Checkliste der bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit verbreitungsangaben. Stapfia 76: 1–167.   (RLL List # 183 / Rec. # 22033 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

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