Coccotrema is a genus of lichen-forming fungi. It is the type genus of the family Coccotremataceae, in the order Pertusariales. The genus contains 16 species.[2]

Coccotrema
Coccotrema colobinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Coccotremataceae
Genus: Coccotrema
Müll.Arg. (1889)
Type species
Coccotrema antarcticum
Müll.Arg. (1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Verrucaria sect. Verrucarina Hue (1914)
  • Verrucarina (Hue) Zahlbr. (1931)

Taxonomy edit

Coccotrema was circumscribed by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1889, with Coccotrema antarcticum assigned as the type species.

In a 2001 publication, Schmidt and colleagues showed, using molecular phylogenetics, that the species then known as Lepolichen coccophorus (the type species of the genus Lepolichen, created by Trevisan in 1853) was nested in a clade that contained Coccotrema species, and so transferred that species into Coccotrema, as Coccotrema coccophorum.[3] However, the genus Lepolichen is older than Coccotrema, and so its name has priority according to the rules for botanical nomenclature. To minimize nomenclatural disruption, Alan Fryday and colleagues submitted a proposal to conserve the name Coccotrema against Lepolichen.[4] The proposal was accepted by the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi in 2023.[5]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Coccotrema". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Schmitt, Imke; Messuti, María Ines; Feige, G. Benno; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2007). "Molecular data support rejection of the generic concept in the Coccotremataceae (Ascomycota)". The Lichenologist. 33 (4): 315–321. doi:10.1006/lich.2001.0325.
  4. ^ Fryday, Alan M.; Spribille, Toby; Tønsberg, Tor (2021). "(2794) Proposal to conserve the name Coccotrema against Lepolichen (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Coccotremataceae)". Taxon. 70 (1): 203–204. doi:10.1002/tax.12431.
  5. ^ May, Tom W.; Lendemer, James C. (2023). "Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 22". Taxon. 72 (6): 1356–1363. doi:10.1002/tax.13099.
  6. ^ Coppins, B.J.; James, P.W.; Hawksworth, D.L. (1992). "New species and combinations in the lichen flora of Great Britain and Ireland". The Lichenologist. 24 (4): 351–369. doi:10.1017/S0024282992000471.
  7. ^ a b c Messuti, María Inés (2002). "New species of the lichen genus Coccotrema from southern South America". Mycotaxon. 82: 429–435.
  8. ^ Spribille, Toby; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Tønsberg, Tor; Schirokauer, Dave (2010). "Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Alaska, in a global biodiversity context". The Bryologist. 113 (3): 439–515. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.3.439.
  9. ^ Brodo, Irwin M. (1973). "The lichen genus Coccotrema in North America". The Bryologist. 76 (2): 260–270. doi:10.2307/3241328. JSTOR 3241328.
  10. ^ Fryday, Alan M. (2019). "Eleven new species of crustose lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist. 51 (3): 235–267. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000185.