Fungalpedia – Note 385, Notoparmelia

 

Notoparmelia A. Crespo, Ferencová & Divakar

Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1          

Classification: Parmeliaceae, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Ferencova et al. (2014) described and established Notoparmelia for Australasian species of Parmelia based on previously published molecular data (Crespo et al. 2010) and newly recognized anatomical differences (Fryday et al. 2019). There are 16 species have been transferred from Parmelia to Notoparmelia, viz. N. Crambidiocarpa, N. Crowii, N. Cunninghamii, N. erumpens, N. norcrambidiocarpa, N. nortestacea, N. novae-zelandiae, N. protosulcata, N. pseudotenuirima, N. queenslandensis, N. salcrambidiocarpa, N. signifera (type species), N. subtestacea, N. tarkinensis, N. tenuirima and N. testacea (Ferencova et al. 2014). Subsequently, Fryday et al. (2019) introduced two combinations of N. kerguelensis (Parmelia kerguelensis) and N. lindsayana (Parmelia lindsayana) into this genus based on morphological evidence. Notoparmelia is characterized by thallus foliose, adnate to loosely adnate, irregularly lobate, rhizines squarrosely, branched, apothecia substipitate to stipitate, splitting radially with age; cupulate proper exciple, hyaline and 1-layered, ellipsoid ascospores (Ferencova et al. 2014). 

Type species: Notoparmelia signifera (Nyl.) A. Crespo, Ferencová & Divakar

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Notoparmelia

Figure 1 – Notoparmelia signifera. a Details showing the cupulate proper exciple. b Ascospore. Scale bars: a, b = 10 µm. Redrawn from Ferencova et al. (2014).

 

References

Crespo A, Kauff F, Divakar PK, del Prado, et al. 2010 – Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Taxon 59: 1735–1753.

Ferencova Z, Cubas P, Divakar PK, Molina MC, et al. 2014 – Notoparmelia, a new genus of Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) based on overlooked reproductive anatomical features, phylogeny and distribution pattern. The Lichenologist 46: 51–67.

Fryday AM, Orange A, Ahti T, Øvstedal DO, et al. 2019 – An annotated checklist of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi reported from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). Glalia: Revista Electrónica del Grupo Latinoamericano de Liquenólogos. Glalia 8(1): 1–100.

 

Entry by

Du TY, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resources 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 26 November 2024

Back to Glossary Index Page