Angiactis is a genus of crustose lichens of uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales.[1] It has four species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Angiactis Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) |
| Type species | |
| Angiactis littoralis (Kantvilas) Aptroot & Sparrius (2008)
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Taxonomy edit
The genus was circumscribed in 2008 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Laurens Sparrius, with Angiactis littoralis assigned as the type species. This lichen was originally described as a species of Lecanographa by Gintaras Kantvilas. The genus name Angiactis derives from the Greek αγγείο ("receptacle") and αὐτός ("shaped"), and refers to the thalline excipulum that covers the fruiting bodies.[2]
Description edit
Angiactis species have a thalline exciple (rim), but lack a cortex. Their asci are of the Grumulosa-type, and the ascospores are hyaline, with thick walls. The excipulum is carbonized (blackened) and does not have any reaction with a KOH solution.[2]
Species edit
- Angiactis banksiae (Müll.Arg.) Kantvilas & Stajsic (2020)[3]
- Angiactis bermudensis LaGreca (2008) – Bermuda
- Angiactis littoralis (Kantvilas) Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) – Australia
- Angiactis spinicola Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) – Galápagos
References edit
- ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
- ^ a b Aptroot, André; Sparrius, Laurens B.; LaGreca, Scott; Bungartz, Frank (2008). "Angiactis, a new crustose lichen genus in the Roccellaceae, with species from Bermuda, The Galápagos Islands and Australia". The Bryologist. 111 (3): 510–516. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2008)111[510:aanclg]2.0.co;2. S2CID 83567129.
- ^ Kantvilas, G.; Stajsic, V.; McCarthy, P.M. (2020). "A new combination in Angiactis (lichenised Ascomycetes: Roccellaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 38: 71–75. doi:10.5962/p.337580. S2CID 250994517.