Thyrea (lichen)

Thyrea
Thyrea confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lichinomycetes
Order: Lichinales
Family: Porocyphaceae
Genus: Thyrea
A.Massal. (1856)
Type species
Thyrea plectospora
A.Massal. (1856)
Species

T. confusa
T. girardii
T. plectopsora
T. porphyrella

Synonyms[1]
  • Lecidea sect. Omphalaria Ach. (1803)
  • Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847)
  • Omphalaria sect. Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847)
  • Omphalaria subgen. Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847)

Thyrea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Porocyphaceae.[2] It contains four species that have been accepted by Species Fungorum.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1856, with Thyrea plectospora assigned as the type species.[4] In a multilocus phylogeny and molecular phylogenetics-informed reclassification of the Lichinomycetes published in 2024, María Prieto, Mats Wedin and Matthias Schultz placed Thyrea in the emended family Porocyphaceae. [5]

Species

  • Thyrea confusa Henssen (1990)[6]
  • Thyrea girardii (Durieu & Mont.) Bagl. & Carestia (1881)
  • Thyrea plectopsora A.Massal. (1856)[4]
  • Thyrea porphyrella M.Schultz, Büdel & Porembski (2001)[7] – South America

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Thyrea A. Massal., Sched. Crit. Lich. Exsicc. (Veronae) 4: 75 (1856)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  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. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
  3. ^ "Thyrea". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Massalongo, A. (1856). Schedulae criticae in lichenes exsiccatos Italiae (in Latin). Typis Antonellianis. p. 75.
  5. ^ Prieto, M.; Wedin, M.; Schultz, M. (2024). "Phylogeny, evolution and a re-classification of the Lichinomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 109: 595–655. doi:10.3114/sim.2024.109.09. PMC 11663425. PMID 39717657.
  6. ^ Henssen, Aino; Jørgensen, Per Magnus (1990). "New combinations and synonyms in the Lichinaceae". The Lichenologist. 22 (2): 137–147. doi:10.1017/s0024282990000093.
  7. ^ Schultz, M.; Büdel, B.; Porembski, S. (2001). "Thyrea porphyrella, a new species of the Lichinaceae from inselbergs in tropical South America". The Lichenologist. 33 (3): 211–214. doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0317.