Aggregatorygma is a small genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae.[1]
| Aggregatorygma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Aggregatorygma M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| Aggregatorygma triseptatum M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking, 2014
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It was circumscribed in 2014 by Marcela Cáceres, André Aptroot, and Robert Lücking as a monotypic genus, with Aggregatorygma triseptatum as its only species.[2][3] Two species have since been added: Aggregatorygma submuriforme in 2020 and Aggregatorygma lichexanthonicum in 2022, both by Aptroot.[4][5]
The genus name is a combination of two words. Aggregato is from the Latin word meaning "aggregated",[6] while rygma is from the Ancient Greek word ρήγμα, meaning "crack".[7]
Species in the genus are corticolous, growing on the bark of tree trunks in rainforest. All three species were first discovered in Brazil.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Catalogue of Life.
- ^ Index Fungorum.
- ^ a b Cáceres et al. 2014, p. 89.
- ^ a b Aptroot & Feuerstein 2020, p. 4.
- ^ a b Aptroot et al. 2022, p. 435.
- ^ Foster 1890, p. 115.
- ^ Glosbe.
Sources edit
- "Aggregatorygma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- "Aggregatorygma". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- Aptroot, André & Feuerstein, Shirley (8 January 2020). "New Graphidaceae from South and Central Brazil" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 16: 1–10. ISSN 1868-4173.
- Aptroot, André; Fernanda de Souza, Maria; Alves dos Santos, Lidiane; Oliveira Junior, Isaias; Cardoso Barbosa, Bruno Micael & Cáceres da Silva, Marcela Eugenia (Fall 2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433. S2CID 251748219.
- Cáceres, Marcela; Aptroot, André; Parnmen, Sittiporn & Lücking, Robert (19 December 2014). "Remarkable diversity of the lichen family Graphidaceae in the Amazon rain forest of Rondônia, Brazil". Phytotaxa. 189 (1): 87–136. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.8.
- Foster, Frank Pierce (1890). An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary. New York: D. Appleton and Company.
- "ρήγμα". Glosbe. Retrieved 15 October 2022.