Fominiella
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| Fominiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Fominiella S.Y.Kondr., Upreti & Hur (2017) |
| Type species | |
| Fominiella tenerifensis S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, A.Thell & T.Feuerer (2017) | |
| Species | |
Fominiella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.[1][2] It contains two species with a thin, film like and inconspicuous thallus.
The genus Fominiella was proposed in 2017 by the lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Dalip Kumar Upreti, and Jae-Seoun Hur. Their molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed several monophyletic branches in the phylogenetic tree of the family Teloschistaceae. One of these new branches was occupied by a species known only from the Canary Islands, which was named Fominiella tenerifensis and assigned as the type species of the genus. The species then known as Caloplaca skii was also included in the genus on the basis of DNA analysis. The genus name honours the Ukrainian botanist Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin, who specialised in cryptogams.[3]
Fominiella is in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It is somewhat similar to two other genera in that subfamily that also have very reduced thalli: Athallia and Xanthocarpia.[3] In 2013, Ulf Arup and colleagues had proposed Caloplaca skii for inclusion in Athallia.[4]