Pseudolepraria Kukwa, Jablonska , Kosecka & Guzow-Krzeminska, 2023

Kukwa, Martin, Kosecka, Magdalena, Jablonska, Agnieszka, Flakus, Adam, Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela & Guzow-Krzeminska, Beata, 2023, Pseudolepraria, a new leprose genus revealed in Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales) to accommodate Lepraria stephaniana, MycoKeys 96, pp. 97-112 : 97

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.96.98029

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pseudolepraria Kukwa, Jablonska , Kosecka & Guzow-Krzeminska
status

gen. nov.

Pseudolepraria Kukwa, Jablonska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzeminska gen. nov.

Diagnosis.

Characterised by thick, unstratified thallus composed of soredia-like granules, the presence of 4- O -methylleprolomin, salazinic acid, zeorin, and unknown terpenoid, and the phylogenetic position within Ramalinaceae .

Generic type.

Pseudolepraria stephaniana (Elix, Flakus & Kukwa) Kukwa, Jabłońska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzemińska

Description.

As this is a monotypic genus the description below constitutes the generic description.

Etymology.

The new name refers to the similarity to the genus Lepraria , in which this particular species was originally placed.