Pseudolepraria, a new leprose genus revealed in Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales) to accommodate Leprariastephaniana

Martin Kukwa; Magdalena Kosecka; Agnieszka Jabłońska; Adam Flakus; Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus; Beata Guzow-Krzemińska

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.96.98029

Pseudolepraria, a new leprose genus revealed in Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales) to accommodate Leprariastephaniana

MycoKeys. 2023 Mar 24:96:97-112. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.96.98029. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Martin Kukwa¹, Magdalena Kosecka¹, Agnieszka Jabłońska¹, Adam Flakus², Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus², Beata Guzow-Krzemińska¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland University of Gdańsk Gdańsk Poland.
² W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland.

Abstract

The new genus Pseudolepraria Kukwa, Jabłońska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzemińska is introduced to accommodate Leprariastephaniana Elix, Flakus & Kukwa. Phylogenetic analyses of nucITS, nucLSU, mtSSU and RPB2 markers recovered the new genus in the family Ramalinaceae with strong support. The genus is characterised by its thick, unstratified thallus composed entirely of soredia-like granules, the presence of 4-O-methylleprolomin, salazinic acid, zeorin and unknown terpenoid, and its phylogenetic position. The new combination, P.stephaniana (Elix, Flakus & Kukwa) Kukwa, Jabłońska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzemińska, is proposed.

Keywords: Lichenized fungi; Neotropics; morphology; secondary metabolites; sterile lichens; taxonomy.

Martin Kukwa, Magdalena Kosecka, Agnieszka Jabłońska, Adam Flakus, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Beata Guzow-Krzemińska.