Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis
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| Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Lepidostromatales |
| Family: | Lepidostromataceae |
| Genus: | Sulzbacheromyces |
| Species: | S. chocoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis Coca, Lücking & B.Moncada (2018) | |
Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis is a species of soil-dwelling basidiolichen in the family Lepidostromataceae.[1] It forms a thin, olive-green crust on clay soil and produces distinctive unbranched, reddish-orange to yellowish reproductive structures. The species was described in 2018 from specimens collected in Colombia's Chocó Biogeographic Region, where it grows in tropical rainforest environments.
Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis was formally described as a new species in 2018 by the lichenologists Luis Fernando Coca, Robert Lücking, and Bibiana Moncada. The holotype specimen (Coca et al. 5821) was collected on 3 May 2014 and is housed in the Herbario Universidad de Caldas (FAUC), with an isotype deposited at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum (B). The specific epithet chocoensis refers to the Chocó Biogeographic Region where the species was discovered.[2]
Molecular phylogenetics analysis based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region shows that S. chocoensis belongs to a well-supported Neotropical clade within the genus Sulzbacheromyces, alongside S. tutunendo and S. caatingae. These three species form a distinct lineage from their Asian and African relatives, such as S. sinensis and S. miomboensis.[2]