Malcolmiella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae.[1]

Malcolmiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Malcolmiella
Vězda (1997)
Type species
Malcolmiella cinereovirens
Vězda (1997)
Species

M. cinereovirens
M. interversa

Taxonomy edit

The genus was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda 1997, with Malcolmiella cinereovirens as the type, and only species. The generic name honours William McLagan Malcolm (born 1936), a New Zealand-born American botanist and botanical illustrator who specialised in cryptogams.[2] M. interversa was added as a second species in 2021 (transferred from genus Lecidea).[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
  3. ^ Kantvilas, Gintaras; Wedin, Mats; Svensson, Måns (2021). "Australidea (Malmideaceae, Lecanorales), a new genus of lecideoid lichens, with notes on the genus Malcolmiella". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 395–407. doi:10.1017/s0024282921000311. S2CID 238638591.