Bacidia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846.[2]

Bacidia
Bacidia schweinitzii in Augusta, Georgia, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Bacidia
De Not. (1846)
Type species
Bacidia rosella
(Pers.) De Not. (1846)
Synonyms[1]

Characteristics edit

Species in the genus are crust-like lichens with stemless apothecia; they have green algae (chloroccoid) as photobionts. Their asci have 8 colourless, cylindrical to acicular, multiseptate spores, with curved and thread-like conidia.[3]

Species edit

 
Closeup of Bacidia heterochroa
 
Closeup of Bacidia schweinitzii

References edit

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Bacidia De Not., G. bot. ital. 2(1.1): 189 (1846)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito". Giornale Botanico Italiano (in Italian). 2 (1): 174–224.
  3. ^ "Bacidia De Not". Lichens of the Ozarks. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  4. ^ a b c d Gerasimova, Julia V.; Ezhkin, Aleksandr K.; Beck, Andreas (2018). "Four new species of Bacidia s.s. (Ramalinaceae, Lecanorales) in the Russian Far East". The Lichenologist. 50 (6): 603–625. doi:10.1017/s0024282918000397. S2CID 92487371.
  5. ^ Kantvilas, G. (2017). "Two species of Bacidia De Not. with pruinose apothecia from Kangaroo Island". Swainsona. 31: 31–36.
  6. ^ Ekman, Stefan; Holien, Håkon (1995). "Bacidia caesiovirens, a new lichen species from western Europe". The Lichenologist. 27 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1006/lich.1995.0008. S2CID 85790458.
  7. ^ a b c Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C.; Ladd, Douglas (2016). "The faces of Bacidia schweinitzii: molecular and morphological data reveal three new species including a widespread sorediate morph". The Bryologist. 119 (2): 143–171. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.2.143. S2CID 89174078.
  8. ^ Lendemer, James C. (2018). "Bacidia gullahgeechee (Bacidiaceae, Lecanoromycetes) an unusual new species potentially endemic to the globally unique Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto River Basin of southeastern North America". The Bryologist. 121 (4): 536–546. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.4.536. S2CID 91258875.
  9. ^ Aragón, Gregorio; Martínez, Isabel (2003). "Bacidia iberica, a new lichen from Spain, and its relationship to Bacidia rubella". The Bryologist. 106 (1): 143–146. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2003)106[0143:bianlf]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85866612.
  10. ^ a b c Kantvilas, Gintaras (2018). "Studies on Bacidia (lichenized Ascomycota, Ramalinaceae) in temperate Australia, including Tasmania: saxicolous and terricolous species". The Lichenologist. 50 (4): 451–466. doi:10.1017/s0024282918000154. S2CID 92484407.
  11. ^ Printzen, Christian; Tønsberg, Tor (2007). "Bacidia lobarica (Bacidiaceae, Lecanorales) sp. nov., a sorediate lichen from the southeastern U.S.A". The Bryologist. 110 (3): 487–489. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[487:blblsn]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85983972.
  12. ^ a b 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. S2CID 196649792.
  13. ^ Czarnota, Paweł; Coppins, Brian J. (2006). "A new Bacidia with long-necked pycnidia from Central Europe". The Lichenologist. 38 (5): 407–410. doi:10.1017/s0024282906005986. S2CID 84598140.
  14. ^ Ekman, Stefan (2009). "Bacidia rosellizans, a new lichen species from the taiga belt". The Lichenologist. 41 (5): 481–487. doi:10.1017/s0024282909990144. S2CID 83709401.
  15. ^ Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2014). "New lichen species from termite nests in rainforest in Brazilian Rondônia and adjacent Amazonas". The Lichenologist. 46 (3): 365–372. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000340. S2CID 83601214.
  16. ^ Lendemer, James C. (2020). "Bacidia thiersiana (Ramalinaceae), a new species with lobaric acid widespread in southeastern North America". The Bryologist. 123 (1): 39–47. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.1.039. S2CID 212649587.

Gallery edit