Pallidogramme

Pallidogramme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Graphidaceae
Genus: Pallidogramme
Staiger, Kalb & Lücking (2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemithecium subgen. Leucogramma Staiger (2002)

Pallidogramme is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[2] It has 8 species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens.

Taxonomy

Pallidogramme was proposed in 2008 by lichenologists Betsy Staiger, Klaus Kalb, and Robert Lücking, as a replacement name for Leucogramma A.Massal. The justification for this change originated from the previously established Hemithecium subgen. Leucogramma by Staiger in 2002. There was, however, a pre-existing generic name, Leucogramma A.Massal., which was based on the same species as Staiger's subgenus, Hemithecium chrysenteron. Both of these names were unusable at the genus level due to their homonymy with Leucogramma G.Mey. a name with unknown taxonomic affinity. As a result, a new name was deemed necessary to avoid confusion and maintain nomenclatural clarity.[3]

Description

The defining features of genus Pallidogramme include a crust-like, bark-dwelling thallus, fully formed labia, a predominantly inspersed hymenium, and an exciple which is non-carbonized, displaying a spectrum of colours from pale yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, accompanied by internal striations. Moreover, it possesses ascospores that range in colour from pale brown to brown, and that turn reddish-brown when stained with iodine (I+).[4]

Species

  • Pallidogramme awasthii (Patw. & C.R.Kulk.) Kr.P.Singh & Pushpi Singh (2017)[5]
  • Pallidogramme canarensis (Patw. & C.R.Kulk.) Pushpi Singh & Kr.P.Singh (2020)[6]
  • Pallidogramme chapadana (Redinger) Staiger, Kalb & Lücking (2008)
  • Pallidogramme chlorocarpoides (Nyl.) Staiger, Kalb & Lücking (2008)
  • Pallidogramme chrysenteron (Mont.) Staiger, Kalb & Lücking (2008)
  • Pallidogramme chrysentherodes (Nyl.) Kr.P.Singh & Swarnal. (2008)
  • Pallidogramme divaricoides (Räsänen) Pushpi Singh & Kr.P.Singh (2017)[5]
  • Pallidogramme parvicarpa (B.O.Sharma & Khadilkar) Lücking (2014)[7]

Pallidogramme indica was proposed as a new species from India in 2009,[8] but it was not published validly;[9] a similar situation occurs with the proposed Pallidogramme undulatolirellata A.Dube & Makhija.[10]

Former Pallidogramme species:

  • Pallidogramme commutabilis (Kremp.) Chitale & Makhija (2009) is now Platygramme commutabilis[11]
  • Pallidogramme montiscalvi (A.W.Archer) A.W.Archer (2009) is now Phaeographina montiscalvi[12]
  • Pallidogramme nilgiriensis (Adaw. & Makhija) Kr.P.Singh & Swarnal. (2008) is now Graphis nilgiriensis.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Pallidogramme Staiger, Kalb & Lücking, in Lücking, Chaves, Sipman, Umaña & Aptroot, Fieldiana, Bot. 46(no. 1549): 14 (2008)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [161]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
  3. ^ Lücking, Robert; Chaves, José Luis; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Umaña, Loengrin; Aptroot, André (2008). "A first assessment of the ticolichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica: The genus Graphis, with notes on the genus Hemithecium (Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". Fieldiana Botany. 46: 1–126. doi:10.3158/0015-0746(2008)46[1:afaott]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86205245.
  4. ^ Ingle, Komal K.; Mishra, Gaurav K.; Nayaka, Sanjeeva; Upreti, Dalip K. (2022). "New distributional records of Pallidogramme (lichenized ascomycota) from India with updated world key". Feddes Repertorium. 133 (4): 285–288. doi:10.1002/fedr.202200006. S2CID 248678726.
  5. ^ a b Singh, Pushpi; Singh, Krishna Pal (2017). "New combinations in the family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota:Ostropales) from India". The Lichenologist. 49 (5): 527–533. doi:10.1017/s0024282917000330. S2CID 89647245.
  6. ^ Singh, Pushpi; Singh, K.P. (2020). "New combinations and synonyms in Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) from India". The Lichenologist. 52 (3): 251–256. doi:10.1017/s0024282920000043. S2CID 225946151.
  7. ^ Barcenas Peña, Alejandrina; Lücking, Robert; Miranda-González, Ricardo; Herrera-Campos, María de los Angeles (2014). "Three new species of Graphis (Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae) from Mexico, with updates to taxonomic key entries for 41 species described between 2009 and 2013". The Lichenologist. 46 (1): 69–82. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000637. S2CID 87350904.
  8. ^ Chitale, Gayatri; Makhija, Urmila; Sharma, Bharati (2009). "New combinations and new species in the lichen genera Hemithecium and Pallidogramme". Mycotaxon. 108 (1): 83–92. doi:10.5248/108.83.
  9. ^ "Record Details: Pallidogramme indica A. Dube & Makhija, Mycotaxon 108: 90 (2009)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Record Details: Pallidogramme undulatolirellata A. Dube & Makhija, Mycotaxon 108: 91 (2009)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Record Details: Pallidogramme commutabilis (Kremp.) Chitale & Makhija, Mycotaxon 108: 89 (2009)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Record Details: Pallidogramme montiscalvi (A.W. Archer) A.W. Archer, in McCarthy (Ed.), Flora of Australia, Vol. 57. Lichens 5 (Melbourne): 652 (2009)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Record Details: Pallidogramme nilgiriensis (Adaw. & Makhija) Kr.P. Singh & Swarnal. [as 'nilgirensis'], in Lücking, Chaves, Sipman, Umaña & Aptroot, Indian J. For.32(1): 180 (2008)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 12 June 2023.