Dichoporis schizospora
Dichoporis schizospora (Vain.) Clem. [as 'schizopora'], Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): [173] (1909).
≡ Porina schizospora Vain., Term. Füz. 22: 340 (1899).
Index Fungorum number: IF 384302; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11996, Fig. 1
Description: see Roux and Sérusiaux (2004); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).
Material examined: see Roux and Sérusiaux (2004); Hongsanan et al. (2020b).
Fig. 1 Dichoporis occulta (≡ Strigula occulta CHR 507219, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 1 in McCarthy and Malcolm 1996). a Habit of thallus, perithecia and conidiomata. b Vertical section of perithecium (semi-schematic). c Mature and immature asci. d Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 0.1 mm, c, d = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Dichoporis species are lichenized and together with their symbionts they play different roles in the ecosystem such as rock disintegration, soil formation, carbon and nitrogen fixation, support the growth of several organisms by providing nutrient, habitat and camouflage (Zedda and Rambold 2015). Dichoporis comprises 20 species known on wide range of hosts such as Dichosporidium nigrocinctum (Roccellaceae), on trunk of dead Populus alba (Salicaceae), on rocks. Dichoporis is reported from Asia (Japan), Europe (France), North America (Caribbean (Cuba), the United States) and Oceania (Australia (Christmas Island, Lord Howe Island), New Zealand).
References
Aptroot A, Diederich P, Sérusiaux E, Sipman HJM. 1997– Lichens and lichenicolous fungi from New Guinea. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 64, 1–220.
Harris RC. 1995 – More Florida Lichens: Including the 10c Tour of the Pyrenolichens. Bronx, New York: Privately Published.
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.
Jiang SH, Lücking R, Xavier-Leite AB, Cáceres MES, Aptroot A, Portilla CV, Wei JC. 2020b – Reallocation of foliicolous species of the genus Strigula into six genera (lichenized Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Strigulaceae). Fungal Diversity 102, 257–291.
Lücking R. 2008 – Foliicolous lichenized fungi. Flora Neotropica by the New York Botanical Garden Press, Monograph 103, 1–867.
McCarthy PM, Malcolm WM. 1996 – Strigula occulta, a new saxicolous lichen from New Zealand. Mycotaxon 60, 323–326.
Roux C, Sérusiaux E. 2004 – Le genre Strigula (lichens) en Europe et en Macaronésie. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 90, 1–96.
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.
Clements FE. 1909 – The genera of Fungi. Wilson, New York, pp 1–227.
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