Genus of lichenised fungi in the family Verrucariaceae
For a synonym of a genus of plants, see
Myriopus .
Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen -forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae .[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader in 1794, with Verrucaria rupestris assigned as the type species . In his brief diagnosis of the genus, Schrader mentioned the more or less spherical (subglobose ), closed ascomata, and the crustose thallus.[2] The genus name is derived from the Latin word verruca (meaning "wart") and the suffix -aria (meaning "belonging to" or "possession").[3]
Ecology
As of 2015, there were 16 Verrucaria species classified as marine species : V. adguttata , V. allantoidea , V. ceuthocarpa , V. corallensi , V. ditmarsica , V. erichsenii ,
V. halizoa , V. halochlora , V. microsporoides , V. paulula , V. psychrophila ,
V. sandstedei , V. serpuloides , V. sessilis , V. subdiscreta , and V. thalassina .[4]
Species
Distribution
Verrucaria ditmarsica has been recorded in 1984 from the Lighthouse Island, Copeland Island , County Down , Northern Ireland .[6]
See also
Hydropunctaria maura , formerly Verrucaria maura , one of the most widespread lichens on the European littoral zone and found worldwide
References
^ Gueidan C, Roux C, Lutzoni F (2007). "Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)". Mycological Research . 111 (Pt 10): 1145–68. doi :10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.010 . PMID 17981450 .
^ Schrader, Heinrich Adolf (1794). Spicilegium Florae Germanicae . Hannover: Ritscher. p. 108.
^ Ulloa, Miguel; Aguirre-Acosta, Elvira (2020). Illustrated Generic Names of Fungi . APS press. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-89054-618-5 .
^ Jones, E.B. Gareth; Suetrong, Satinee; Sakayaroj, Jariya; Bahkali, Ali H.; Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.; Boekhout, Teun; Pang, Ka-Lai (2015). "Classification of marine Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota". Fungal Diversity . 73 (1): 1–72 [13–14]. doi :10.1007/s13225-015-0339-4 . S2CID 38469033 .
^ Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think" . BioScience . 45 (3): 1. doi :10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124 . Retrieved 14 September 2021 .
^ Morton, O. 1988. Lichens on Lighthouse Island. Copeland Bird Observatory Annual Report for 1986 p.44