Japewiella
Genus of fungi
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Japewiella is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus Japewia. The genus name of Japewia was in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology).[1] The genus was circumscribed by Christian Printzen in Bryologist vol.102 on page 715 in 1999.
| Japewiella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Japewiella Printzen (2000) |
| Type species | |
| Japewiella carrollii (Coppins & P.James) Printzen (2000) | |
| Species | |
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J. carrollii | |
The type, Japewiella carrollii, is an oceanic species that occurs in maritime regions of Europe and Macaronesia.[2]
Description
Japewiella species are crust lichens that grow on bark. They are characterized by their biatorine apothecia, thick-walled, simple ascospores, eight-spored asci with a conspicuous masse axiale (similar to asci found in members of genus Lecidella). They have a well-developed excipulum (a saucer-shaped rim around the hymenium) comprising branched and anastomosing, gelatinized hyphae.[2]
Species
- Japewiella carrollii (Coppins & P.James) Printzen (2000) – Temperate Eurasia
- Japewiella djagensis (Zahlbr.) Printzen (2000) – East Asia
- Japewiella dollypartoniana J.L.Allen & Lendemer (2015)[3] – Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America
- Japewiella pacifica Printzen (2000) – North America
- Japewiella pruinosula (Müll.Arg.) Kantvilas (2011)[4] – Australia
- Japewiella tavaresiana (H.Magn.) Printzen (2000) – Eurasia, Europe
- Japewiella variabilis Elix & McCarthy (2018)[5] – Australia
