Journal
IMA FUNGUS
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 71-79Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.10
Keywords
Ascomycota; Capnodiales; Coenogonium; lichens; Racoleus trichophorus; scanning electron microscopy; tropical fungi
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- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia of Spain [Proyectos I+D CGL 2008-01600]
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Racoleus trichophorus gen. sp. nov. is described for a tropical sterile filamentous lichenized fungus which overgrows various crustose lichens on bark. It shares some features with Cystocoleus and Racodium, but is unique in having non-lichenized long lateral spines. The genus, which is known from China, the Ivory Coast, and Peru, is of uncertain systematic position; on the basis of morphological similarities, however, it may be referred to? Capnodiales (incertae sedis) ad interim. In addition, the nomenclature and typification of the monotypic genera Cystocoleus and Racodium are reviewed, and lectotypes selected for the type of each. The available information on the ecology and distribution of these two genera is also summarized, and scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of all three species are presented for the first time.
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