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Caprettia amazonensis

Caprettia amazonensis Bat. & H. Maia, Atas Inst. Micol. Univ. Recife 2: 378 (1965).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 344806; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11952, Fig. 1

Description: see Lücking et al. in Hyde et al. (2013); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).

Material considered: see Lücking et al. in Hyde et al. (2013); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).

Fig. 1 Habit of Caprettia amazonensis (221_5723)

 

Importance and distribution

Caprettia comprises six species known on Cephaleuros (Trentepohliaceae) and on leaves. Caprettia setifera and C. tanzanica have been transferred to Porinula and Porinella, respectively. Caprettia is reported from Africa (Ethiopia), Central America (Costa Rica) and Oceania (Papua New Guinea). Species of Caprettia are lichenized, form functional organismic communities and capable of supporting photosynthesis (Zedda and Rambold 2015).

 

References

Harris RC. 1995 – More Florida lichens. Including the 10c tour of the pyrenolichens. Author, Bronx.

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b − Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Sérusiaux E, Lücking R. 2003 −The lichen genus Caprettia Bat. & H. Maia (Monoblastiaceae). Bibliotheca lichenologica 86, 161–176.

Zedda L, Rambold G. 2015 – The Diversity of Lichenized Fungi: Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Services. In: Upreti D, Divakar P, Shukla V, Bajpai R. (eds) Recent Advances in Lichenology. Springer, New Delhi.

 

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