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Texosporium

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Texosporium
in Snake River Plain, Idaho
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Texosporium
Nádv. ex Tibell & Hofsten (1968)
Species:
T. sancti-jacobi
Binomial name
Texosporium sancti-jacobi
(Tuck.) Nádv. ex Tibell & Hofsten
Synonyms
  • Acolium sancti-jacobi Tuck. (1883)
  • Trachylia sancti-jacobi (Tuck.) Nyl. (1890)
  • Cyphelium sancti-jacobi (Tuck.) Zahlbr. (1922)
  • Texosporium sancti-jacobi (Tuck.) Nádv. (1942)

Texosporium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[1] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Texosporium sancti-jacobi, found in the United States. The genus is characterized by microscopic features: the ascospores are coated with a layer of cells that are derived from the paraphyses. Texosporium was originally circumscribed by Josef Nádvorník in 1942,[2] albeit the name was not validly published. In 1968, Leif Tibell and Angelica van Hofsten published the name validly.[3] In 2020, Texosporium sancti-jacobi was added to the global IUCN Red List, where it is classified as endangered.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Nadvornik, J. (1942). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der aussereuropäischen coniocarpen Flechten". Annales Mycologici. 40 (1/2): 133–139.
  3. ^ Tibell, Leif; Hofsten, Angelica van (1968). "Spore evolution of the lichen Texosporium sancti-jacobi. (=Cyphelium sancti-jacobi)". Mycologia. 60 (3): 553–558. doi:10.1080/00275514.1968.12018604.
  4. ^ Stone, D.; Root, H.; Hollinger, J.; Rosentreter, R.; Chandler, A.; Allen, J. (2020). "Texosporium sancti-jacobi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.