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Pronectria

Pronectria is a genus of fungi in the family Bionectriaceae. It consists of 44 species, all of which are lichenicolous. The genus was circumscribed by American plant ecologist Frederic Clements in 1931.

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Pronectria
Pronectria oligospora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Bionectriaceae
Genus: Pronectria
Clem. (1931)
Type species
Pronectria lichenicola
(Ces.) Clem. (1931)

Pronectria is a genus of fungi in the family Bionectriaceae. It consists of 44 species,1 all of which are lichenicolous.2 The genus was circumscribed by American plant ecologist Frederic Clements in 1931.3

Species

  • Pronectria algicola Vondráková, A.Naumovich & Khodos. (2012)
  • Pronectria angulospora Etayo (1998)
  • Pronectria anisospora (Lowen) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria biglobosa Etayo (2017)
  • Pronectria caloplacae Khodos., Vondrák & Naumovich (2012)
  • Pronectria casaresii Etayo (1998)
  • Pronectria collematis Etayo & Brackel (2010)
  • Pronectria dillmaniae Zhurb. (2005)
  • Pronectria diplococca Kocourk., Khodos., Naumovich, Vondrák & Motiej. (2012)
  • Pronectria echinulata Lowen (1999)
  • Pronectria erythrinella (Nyl.) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria fragmospora Etayo (2008)
  • Pronectria hymeniicola Etayo (2010)
  • Pronectria invisibilis Etayo (2008)
  • Pronectria japonica Zhurb., Tadome & Y.Ohmura (2018)
  • Pronectria lecideicola Zhurb. (2009)
  • Pronectria leptaleae (J.Steiner) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria leptogii Etayo (2002)
  • Pronectria lichenicola (Ces.) Clem. (1931)
  • Pronectria microspora Etayo (2002)
  • Pronectria minuta Motiej. & Kukwa (2008)
  • Pronectria neofissuriprodiens F.Berger & E.Zimm. (2016)
  • Pronectria occulta Etayo (2008)
  • Pronectria oligospora Lowen & Rogerson (1995)
  • Pronectria parmotrematis Etayo (2001)
  • Pronectria pedemontana Brackel (2013)
  • Pronectria pertusariicola Lowen (1999)
  • Pronectria pilosa Etayo & López de Silanes (2009)
  • Pronectria pycnidioidea Etayo (2017)
  • Pronectria rhizocarpicola Brackel (2013)
  • Pronectria robergei (Mont. & Desm.) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria rolfiana Etayo (2010)
  • Pronectria roseopunctata Etayo (2002)
  • Pronectria santessonii (Lowen & D.Hawksw.) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria sticticola Etayo (2002)
  • Pronectria tenacis (Vouaux) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria tenuispora (D.Hawksw.) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria terrestris Lowen & Diederich (1990)
  • Pronectria tibellii Zhurb. (2004)
  • Pronectria tincta (Fuckel) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria toniniae Etayo (2010)
  • Pronectria verrucariae (Vouaux) Lowen (1990)
  • Pronectria walkerorum Zhurb. (2005)
  • Pronectria xanthoriae Lowen & Diederich (1990)
  • Pronectria zhurbenkoi Brackel (2015)
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Diederich, Paul; Lawrey, James D.; Ertz, Damien (2018). "The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa". The Bryologist. 121 (3): 340–425. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.3.340. S2CID 92396850.
  3. Clements, Fredric E.; Shear, Cornelius L. (1931). The Genera of Fungi. New York: H.W. Wilson Co. pp. 78, 282.