Pyrenothrix Riddle

Details

Name scientific

Pyrenothrix Riddle (1917)

Preferred name

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Pyrenothrix Riddle 1917

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Genus of two species; one occurs in New Zealand

Nomenclature

Original authors

Riddle

Authors

Riddle

Year published

1917

Publication page

313

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Type taxon

Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Pyrenothrix

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Family

Pyrenothricaceae

Genus

Pyrenothrix

Subordinates

Pyrenothrix nigra

Descriptions

Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Description

Thallus filamentous, brownish-black, effuse, spreading over the substrate, gelatinous spongy when wet, brittle when dry. Filaments c. 1 mm long and 0.1-0.2 mm thick, of entangled fungal hyphae (2.5-4.5 µm thick) surrounding cells of photobiont. Photobiont blue-green, . Perithecia minute, pyriform, ostiole minute, indistinct. Asci clavate, 8-spored, bitunicate. Ascospores muriform, ellipsoid, brown or brown-black.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Pyrenothrix Riddle

Metadata

Record id

cdf036ff-3b87-4f59-b38b-2ef4b2bfd26d

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

28 June 2010

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