Verrucaria thujae

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Verrucariales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Eurotiomycetes
Subclassis: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Ordo: Verrucariales

Familia: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Species: Verrucaria thujae

Name edit

Verrucaria thujae Lendemer & Breuss, 2009

Mycobank #515301.

Diagnosis: Species corticola. Thallus virenti-brunneus, minute granulosus vel subsquamulosus. Perithecia subglobosa, fere sessilia sed strato thallino tenuiter tecta. Excipulum praeter partem apicalem incoloratum, involucrello nullo. Ascosporae ellipsoideae, c. 17-21 x 6-8 μm.

Type: U.S.A. MICHIGAN. Cheboygan Co.: Reese’s Bog, W of Roberts Road, 1 mi S of Riggsville Road (Hwy C64) on East Burt Lake Road and Roberts Road, 45˚32’41”N, 84˚39’46”W, Thuja dominated swamp, on base of Thuja, 13.vii.2002, W.R. Buck 42020 (NY!, holotype).

Etymology: The epithet “thujae” denotes the substratum of the type collection, Thuja occidentalis L. (Cupressaceae), a distinctive species of the northern boreal forests of the Michigan Straits Region.

References edit

  • Lendemer, J.C. and Breuss, O. (2009) Verrucaria thujae (Verrucariaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), a new corticolous species from the Great Lakes Region of North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 7: 13–16. PDF (Plate 1., p. 14 [color photos of Verrucaria thujae]: Fig. 1, thallus and perithecium; Fig. 2, section of perithecium; Fig. 3, periphyses; Fig. 4-5, ascus and ascospores)

Vernacular names edit