Lambiella
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| Lambiella | |
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| Lambiella insularis growing parasitically on Glaucomaria rupicola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Baeomycetales |
| Family: | Xylographaceae |
| Genus: | Lambiella Hertel (1984) |
| Type species | |
| Lambiella psephota (Tuck.) Hertel (1984) | |
Lambiella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Xylographaceae.[1] These lichens form tightly adhering crusts that range from pale grey to deep black and are characterized by distinctive black reproductive structures with raised rims that often become ridged or lobed. The genus was established in 1984 by the German lichenologist Hannes Hertel and is named in honour of the British polar explorer and lichenologist Elke Mackenzie, with molecular studies in the 2010s confirming its status as a distinct group.
The genus was circumscribed by German the lichenologist Hannes Hertel in 1984, with Lambiella psephota assigned as the type species. The genus name Lambiella honours Elke Mackenzie (1911–1990), born as Ivan Mackenzie Lamb, who was a British polar explorer and lichenologist.[2]
Soon after its description, several workers interpreted Lambiella as no more than a sectional variant of Rimularia and subsumed it under that larger genus. Molecular studies published three decades later overturned that view. Analyses by Toby Spribille and colleagues (2014),[3] followed by a broader multilocus survey by Resl and colleagues (2015),[4] showed that Lambiella forms a distinct clade within the Trapeliaceae, thereby justifying Hertel's original generic concept.
