Phlyctis

Phlyctis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Gyalectales, and the type genus of the family Phlyctidaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens.[2][3]

Phlyctis
Phlyctis argena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Phlyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis
(Wallr.) Flot. (1850)
Type species
Phlyctis agelaea
(Ach.) Flot. (1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Comocheila A.Massal. (1860)
  • Dactyloblastus Trevis. (1853)
  • Dyctyoblastus Kremp. (1869)
  • Micromium Pers. (1811)
  • Peltigera sect. Phlyctis Wallr. (1831)
  • Phlyctella Kremp. (1876)
  • Phlyctellomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1880)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. ex Zahlbr. (1907)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1895)
  • Phlyctidomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctomia A.Massal. (1860)

The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850.[4] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species,[5] but several new species have been described since then.

Species
  • Phlyctis agelaea (Ach.) Flot. (1850)
  • Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot. (1850)
  • Phlyctis boliviensis Nyl. (1880)
  • Phlyctis communis Chitale & Makhija (2012)
  • Phlyctis himalayensis (Nyl.) D.D.Awasthi (2000)
  • Phlyctis karnatakana S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)
  • Phlyctis ludoviciensis Müll.Arg. ex Lendemer (2005)
  • Phlyctis lueckingii Weerakoon & Aptroot (2016)
  • Phlyctis monosperma S.Joshi & Upreti (2012)
  • Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Muscavitch, Ladd & Lendemer (2017)
  • Phlyctis psoromica Elix & Kantvilas (2011)
  • Phlyctis sirindhorniae Poengs., Vongshew. & Lumbsch (2019)
  • Phlyctis subagelaea S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)
  • Phlyctis subargena R.Ma & H.Y.Wang (2011)
  • Phlyctis subhimalayensis S.Joshi & Upreti (2012)
  • Phlyctis subuncinata Stirt. (1875)
  • Phlyctis tolgensis P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2017)
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References
  1. "Synonymy: Phlyctis (Wallr.) Flot". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
  3. "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  4. Flotow J. (1850). "Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 569–75.
  5. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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