Pulvinora

Pulvinora
	Pulvinora pringlei in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia. Scale bar is 5 mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Pulvinora; Davydov, Yakovch. & Printzen (2021)
Type species
	Pulvinora stereothallina; Davydov & Yakovch. (2021)
Species
	P. pringlei; P. stereothallina

Pulvinora is a small genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It has two species.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2021 by Evgeny Davydov and Lidia Yakovchenko to contain two species formerly in the Lecanora pringlei species group. The type species of the genus, P. stereothallina, occurs in the Altai Mountains (Russia), while P. pringlei is found in North America.^[2]

Description

Pulvinora species have asci similar to those found in genus Lecanora. Their apothecia are mycolecanorine, meaning they are lecanorine (and so have a thalline margin with an intact cortex), but without photobiont cells in the thalline exciple. The apothecia eventually become convex with an algal layer that is pushed below the hypothecium. The form of the thallus is pulvinate (resembling tiny cushions), with squamules (scales) at the tips of pale brownish, branched structures similar to pseudopodetia.^[2]

Species

Pulvinora pringlei (Tuck.) Davydov, Yakovch., Hollinger, Bungartz & Printzen (2021)
Pulvinora stereothallina Davydov & Yakovch. (2021)

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Davydov, Evgeny A.; Yakovchenko, Lidia S.; Hollinger, Jason; Bungartz, Frank; Parrinello, Christian; Printzen, Christian (2021). "The new genus Pulvinora (Lecanoraceae) for species of the 'Lecanora pringlei' group, including the new species Pulvinora stereothallina". The Bryologist. 124 (2): 242–256. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-124.2.242. S2CID 235188598.

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[Wijayawardene_et_al._2022-1] 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.

[Davydov_et_al._2021-2] Davydov, Evgeny A.; Yakovchenko, Lidia S.; Hollinger, Jason; Bungartz, Frank; Parrinello, Christian; Printzen, Christian (2021). "The new genus Pulvinora (Lecanoraceae) for species of the 'Lecanora pringlei' group, including the new species Pulvinora stereothallina". The Bryologist. 124 (2): 242–256. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-124.2.242. S2CID 235188598.

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