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Kurokawia
''Kurokawia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. It has seven species of foliose lichens. The genus, circumscribed in 2021, has ''Kurokawia isidiata'' as the type species. Taxonomy The lichen genus ''Kurokawia'' was named in honour of Japanese lichenologist Syo Kurokawa (1926–2010), who authored a world monograph on the genus ''Anaptychia''. The genus is distinct from ''Anaptychia'', despite certain resemblances, primarily in its upper layer. The type species of ''Kurokawia'' is ''Kurokawia isidiata''. A total of six species were initially acknowledged members of the genus based on combined phylogenetic analyses. An additional species was transferred to ''Kurokawia'' from ''Anaptychia'' in 2022. Description ''Kurokawia'' is discernible by its foliose (leafy) thallus which is closely affixed to the . When dry, the upper surface has hues ranging from light to dark brown but transitions to a dull olive green when moist. In contrast, the genus ''Ana ...
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Kurokawia Runcinata
''Kurokawia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. It has seven species of foliose lichens. The genus, circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2021, has ''Kurokawia isidiata'' as the type species. Taxonomy The lichen genus ''Kurokawia'' was named in honour of Japanese lichenologist Syo Kurokawa (1926–2010), who authored a world monograph on the genus ''Anaptychia''. The genus is distinct from ''Anaptychia'', despite certain resemblances, primarily in its upper layer. The type species of ''Kurokawia'' is ''Kurokawia isidiata''. A total of six species were initially acknowledged members of the genus based on combined phylogenetic analyses. An additional species was transferred to ''Kurokawia'' from ''Anaptychia'' in 2022. Description ''Kurokawia'' is discernible by its foliose lichen, foliose (leafy) thallus which is closely affixed to the . When dry, the upper surface has hues ranging from light to dark brown but transitions to a dull olive gre ...
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Kurokawia Stippaea
''Kurokawia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. It has seven species of foliose lichens. The genus, circumscribed in 2021, has ''Kurokawia isidiata'' as the type species. Taxonomy The lichen genus ''Kurokawia'' was named in honour of Japanese lichenologist Syo Kurokawa (1926–2010), who authored a world monograph on the genus ''Anaptychia''. The genus is distinct from ''Anaptychia'', despite certain resemblances, primarily in its upper layer. The type species of ''Kurokawia'' is ''Kurokawia isidiata''. A total of six species were initially acknowledged members of the genus based on combined phylogenetic analyses. An additional species was transferred to ''Kurokawia'' from ''Anaptychia'' in 2022. Description ''Kurokawia'' is discernible by its foliose (leafy) thallus which is closely affixed to the . When dry, the upper surface has hues ranging from light to dark brown but transitions to a dull olive green when moist. In contrast, the genus ''Ana ...
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Kurokawia Palmulata
''Kurokawia palmulata'', the shaggy fringe lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae. Taxonomy It was formally described as a new species in 1803 by French botanist André Michaux, who named it ''Psoroma palmulatum''. In its taxonomic history, it has been proposed for placement in the genera ''Lecanora'', '' Parmelia'', and ''Physcia''. In 1899, Edvard August Vainio transferred it to the genus ''Anaptychia'', and it was known as a member of this genus until 2021, when Sergey Kondratyuk and colleagues transferred it to the newly circumscribed genus '' Kurokawia'' . In North America, it is commonly known as the "shaggy fringe lichen". Description ''Kurokawia palmulata'' is recognisable by its foliose thallus, which is typically and can grow up to in diameter. The colour varies from brownish-grey to tan-brown. Its are elongated and linear, branching irregularly, and they remain mostly flat at the ends. Unlike some other lichen ...
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Anaptychia
''Anaptychia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. ''Anaptychia'' species are foliose (leafy) to fruticose (bushy) lichens. They have brown, thin-walled spores with a single septum, and a upper . Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in his 1848 work ''Grundriss der Kryptogamen-Kunde''. In his 1962 monograph on the genus, Syo Kurokawa included 88 species. A few years later, Josef Poelt thought the genus should be divided into two genera – ''Anaptychia'' and ''Heterodermia'' – based largely on differences in spore structure. William Culberson supported this opinion, emphasizing the presence of distinct chemical characteristics between the two groups. Some species of ''Anaptychia'' were transferred to the genus '' Kurokawia'', newly circumscribed in 2021. Other advancements in the taxonomy of ''Anaptychia'' have clarified the classification within section ''Protoanaptychia'', a group originally propose ...
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Physciaceae
The Physciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. A 2016 estimate placed 19 genera and 601 species in the family. Description The Physiaceae family includes various growth forms such as foliose, fruticose, , stipitate, crustose, and even evanescent types (where certain parts, such as basal squamules, become less noticeable or disappear over time as other structures develop). Some members of this family may also be lichenicolous, meaning they grow on other lichens. These lichens can exhibit features such as , isidia, and soredia, or may lack them entirely. The upper of Physiaceae lichens can be , , or absent. Their photobiont, or the symbiotic algae living within the lichen, is typically a unicellular green alga from the genus ''Trebouxia'', with a diameter ranging from 5 to 20  μm. The medulla can vary from poorly to well-developed or may even be absent, and it often contains lichen substanc ...
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Syo Kurokawa
Kashiwadani 2011. was a renowned Japanese lichenologist and 1994 recipient of the Acharius Medal. He studied under Mason HaleDePriest. and Yasuhiko Asahina. Education and career Kurokawa graduated in 1951 from the Tokyo University of Literature & Science, which later became the University of Tsukuba. He earned his Doctor of Science degree with a thesis titled "The species of ''Anaptychia'', with a new sub generic classification". This work was later published as "A monograph of the genus ''Anaptychia''" in 1962, which became a seminal paper in the field. Throughout his career, Kurokawa made significant contributions to lichenology. He collaborated with Mason Hale on "Studies on ''Parmelia'' subgenus ''Parmelia''" (1964), which revolutionized the understanding of rhizine characteristics in ''Parmelia'' classification. His research encompassed various lichen genera in Japan, including '' Anzia'', ''Cetraria'', '' Parmelia'', ''Peltigera'', '' Pilophorus'', and ''Xanthoparmelia'' ...
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Mikhail Piatrovich Tomin
Mikhail Piatrovich Tomin (25 July 1883 – 30 May 1967) was a Russian and Soviet lichenologist. Life and career Mikhail Piatrovich Tomin was born on July 25, 1883, in the village of Sharovichi, Kaluga Governorate. He studied at the Moscow Agricultural Institute, from which he graduated in 1912. Until 1929, Tomin worked at the Voronezh Agricultural Institute (first as a laboratory assistant, then as an assistant to Boris Aleksandrovich Keller), after which he moved to Arkhangelsk, becoming head of the department of botany at the Forestry Engineering Institute. From 1931 to 1934 M.P. Tomin was a professor at the Orenburg Institute of Large Beef Cattle Breeding and Veterinary Medicine. In 1937, Tomin received his doctorate in biological sciences. Until 1941 he taught at the Belarusian State University. He was a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus since 1940. After the end of the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War, Tomin continued to work ...
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