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Constrictolumina cinchonae

Constrictolumina cinchonae (Ach.) Lücking, M.P. Nelsen & Aptroot, in Lücking et al., Lichenologist 48(6): 756 (2016).

≡ Verrucaria cinchonae Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 90 (1814).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 816878; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12012, Fig. 1

Description: see Aptroot and Lucking (2016).

Material considered: see Aptroot and Lucking (2016).

Fig. 1 Constrictolumina cinchonae (a, b Costa Rica, Lücking 44; c, d Costa Rica, Brenes 188). a, b Habitus of Constrictolumina cinchonae. c, d Ascospores. Scale bars: a, b = 1000 μm, c, d = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Constrictolumina sensu stricto comprises five species with a worldwide distribution. Constrictolumina cinchonae is mainly pantropical and reported from Africa (Kenya), Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka), Australia (Papua New Guinea), Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica), Europe (France, United Kingdom), North America (Mexico, The United States) and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador). Constrictolumina esenbeckiana and C. leucostoma are neotropical (reported from Caribbean (Bahamas), North America (Antilles and The United States). Constrictolumina planorbis is pantropical (reported from Asia (Jamaica), Australia (Papua New Guinea), Caribbean (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic), the United States and C. porospora is neotropical (reported from Caribbean (Dominica)).

 

References

Aptroot A, Lücking R. 2016 – A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales). Lichenologist 48, 763–982.

Harris RC. 1975 – A taxonomic revision of the genus Arthopyrenia Massal. s. lat. (Ascomycetes) in North America. Ph. D Dissertation. Michigan State University, East Lansing.

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.

Lücking R, Nelsen MP, Aptroot A, Barillas de Klee R et al. 2016 – A phylogenetic framework for reassessing generic concepts and species delimitation in the lichenized family Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes). Lichenologist 48, 739–762.

 

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