Acantholichen

<i>Acantholichen</i>

Acantholichen

Genus of lichens

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Acantholichen is a fungal genus in the family Hygrophoraceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen to contain the type, and at that time, only species, the basidiolichen Acantholichen pannarioides, discovered originally in Costa Rica in 1998.[2] This species has a bluish, gelatinous thallus, and a fine, white powdery bloom covering the hairy upper surface; this surface is said to resemble "an unshaven chin".[2] Five additional species, all basidiolichens, were added to the genus in 2016 following an in-depth analysis of specimens collected from the Galápagos, Costa Rica, Brazil and Colombia.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Lodge DJ, Padamsee M, Matheny PB, Aime MC, Cantrell SA, Boertmann D, et al. (2014). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 64 (1): 1–99. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0.
  2. [2]
    Jørgensen, P.M. (1998). "Acantholichen pannarioides, a new basidiolichen from South America". The Bryologist. 101 (3): 444–447. doi:10.2307/3244185. JSTOR 3244185.
  3. [3]
    Dal-Forno, Manuela; Lücking, Robert; Bungartz, Frank; Yánez-Ayabaca, Alba; Marcelli, Marcelo P.; Spielmann, Adriano A.; Coca, Luis Fernando; Chaves, José Luis; Aptroot, Andre; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Sikaroodi, Masoumeh; Gillevet, Patrick; Lawrey, James D. (2016). "From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genus Acantholichen (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae)". Mycologia. 108 (1): 38–55. doi:10.3852/15-060. PMID 26577612. S2CID 10311393.


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