Cryptophaea Van den Broeck & Ertz, 2016

Broeck, Dries Van Den & Ertz, Damien, 2016, Cryptophaea, a new genus of byssoid Arthoniaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) and its phylogenetic position, Phytotaxa 261 (2), pp. 168-176 : 171

Cryptophaea Van den Broeck & Ertz , gen. nov. ( Fig. 1 )

MycoBank #MB 816627

Genus of cryptothecioid Arthoniaceae similar to genera of Cryptothecia and Herpothallon , but genetically distinct, with a slightly byssoid thallus, tomentose ascomata and small, (sub)muriform ascospores becoming greyish to brown.

Type: — Cryptophaea phaeospora Van den Broeck & Ertz

Etymology: —The first six letters of the name Cryptophaea stress the relationship with cryptotheciod Arthoniaceae . The second part refers to the brown fructifications. Cryptophaea (Hämäläinen) is also a generic name used for insects in the family Euphaeidae . But the nomenclature of algae, fungi, and plants is independent of zoological and bacteriological nomenclature (MCNeil et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cryptophaea phaeospora (holotype). A. Habitat: well exposed trees in a garden. B. Morphology of the thallus and ascomata (scale = 1 mm). C. Ascus with young hyaline ascospores in water (scale = 10 μm). D. Ascospores in water (scale = 10 μm).