Fungalpedia – Note 544, Brianaria
Brianaria S. Ekman & M. Svenss.
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Du et al., ascomycota, Mycosphere.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi; MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Psoraceae, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Based on Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, mtSSU, and RBP1 analyses and morphological studies, Ekman & Svensson (2014) introduced Brianaria to accommodate the Micarea sylvicola group, with four new combinations Brianaria bauschiana, B. lutulata, B. sylvicola (type) and B. tuberculata. Brianaria is characterized by a chlorococcoid, non-micareoid photobiont, small, convex apothecia without an excipulum, asci ‘Psora-type’, ascospores 0–1-septate, dimorphic paraphyses, and immersed pycnidia containing bacilliform conidia (Ekman & Svensson 2014). No further species have been introduced to this genus, including four species in Brianaria.
Type species: Brianaria sylvicola (Flot. ex Körb.) S. Ekman & M. Svensson
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Brianaria
Figure 1 – Brianaria sylvicola a Ascomata on the surface of the host. b Ascoma. c Asci. d Ascospores. Redrawn from http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Brianaria_sylvicola.htm.
References
http://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Brianaria_sylvicola.htm
Entry by
Du TY, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)
Published online 13 December 2024