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Calogaya

Calogaya is a genus of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the family Teloschistaceae. It has 19 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén. The generic name Calogaya honours Dr. Ester Gaya, a Spanish botanist from the University of Barcelona.

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Calogaya
The rock jewel lichen, Calogaya saxicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Calogaya
Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
Type species
Calogaya biatorina
(A.Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
Synonyms1
  • Amphiloma (Fr.) Körb. (1855)
  • Caloplaca sect. Amphiloma (Fr.) Jatta (1900)
  • Degelia sect. Amphiloma (Fr.) P.M.Jørg. & P.James (1990)
  • Gasparrinia Tornab. (1848)
  • Lazarenkoella S.Y.Kondr. (2015)
  • Pannaria sect. Amphiloma (Fr.) Stizenb. (1862)
  • Parmelia sect. Amphiloma Fr. (1825)
  • Pectenia P.M.Jørg., L.Lindblom, Wedin & S.Ekman (2014)

Calogaya is a genus of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the family Teloschistaceae. It has 19 species.2 The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén.3 The generic name Calogaya ("spectacular Gaya") honours Dr. Ester Gaya (fl. 2001), a Spanish botanist from the University of Barcelona.34

Species

  • Calogaya alaskensis (Wetmore) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya altynenis Shahidin (2018)5 – China
  • Calogaya arnoldii (Wedd.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya arnoldiiconfusa (Gaya & Nav.-Ros.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya biatorina (A.Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya bryochrysion (Poelt) Vondrák (2016)
  • Calogaya decipiens (Arnold) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya ferrugineoides (H.Magn.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya haloxyli Moniri, Shahidin & Vondrák (2018)5 – China
  • Calogaya mogoltanica (S.Y.Kondr. & Kudratov) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell, Jung Kim, M.H.Jeong, N.N.Yu, A.S.Kondr. & Hur (2014)
  • Calogaya orientalis Moniri, Shahidin, Halıcı & Vondrák (2018) – China
  • Calogaya pusilla (A.Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya qinghaiensis B.G.Lee & Hur (2018)6
  • Calogaya safavidiorum (S.Y.Kondr.) S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös (2018)
  • Calogaya saxicola (Hoffm.) Vondrák (2016)
  • Calogaya schistidii (Anzi) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
  • Calogaya xanthoriella Shahidin (2018)5 – China
  • Calogaya xinjiangensis Shahidin (2018)5 – China
  • Calogaya zoroasteriorum (S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, A.Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S.Kondr. & Hur) Moniri & Vondrák (2018)
References

References

  1. "Synonymy: Calogaya Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 38 (2013)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
  3. Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 016–083. Bibcode:2013NorJB..31...16A. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. Vondrák, Jan; Shahidin, Hurnisa; Moniri, Mahroo Haji; Halıcı, Gökhan; Košnar, Jiří (2018). "Taxonomic and functional diversity in Calogaya (lichenised Ascomycota) in dry continental Asia". Mycological Progress. 17 (8): 897–916. Bibcode:2018MycPr..17..897V. doi:10.1007/s11557-018-1402-9. S2CID 255312095.
  6. Lee, Beeyoung Gun; Kondratyuk, Sergij Y.; Halda, Josef P.; Lőkös, László; Wang, Hai-Ying; Jeong, Min Hye; Han, Sangkuk; Oh, Soon-Ok; Hur, Jae-Seoun (2018). "Three new species of lichenized fungi from Qinghai Province, China". Mycotaxon. 133 (1): 113–125. doi:10.5248/133.113.