|
Melanolecia Transitoria
''Melanolecia'' is a fungal genus in the family Lecideaceae. It contains the single species ''Melanolecia transitoria'', a saxicolous lichen, saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the German lichenologist Hannes Hertel in 1981 to contain calcicolous (i.e., thriving on lime (material), lime-rich ) species of the ''Lecidea jurana''-group that were excluded from the genus ''Tremolecia''. The genus is treated as monospecific by the taxonomic authority Index Fungorum, with the type species, ''Melanolecia transitoria'', the only species associated with the genus in its Catalogue of Life listing. However, six species names were proposed by Hertel; the species with amyloid (mycology), amyloid ascus tips have since been moved into the genus ''Farnoldia''. ''Melanolecia'' is now placed in the family Lecideaceae, a classification that was suggested from early molecular phylogenetics analysis. It was historically t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Hertel
Hannes Hertel is a German lichenologist and taxonomist and was Director of the State Herbarium in Munich, Germany 1992–2004. His specialist areas are the fungi and lichens. Early life and education Hannes Hertel was born in 1939. His doctorate was awarded in 1967 for work on members of the lichen genus ''Lecidea'' that thrive on lime rich rocks and sites. This was undertaken under the guidance of Josef Poelt. Career He was appointed to an academic post at University of Berlin in 1972 but in 1973 he moved to Munich to take up the post of curator at the State Herbarium in Munich. He became the provisional director from 1985 to 1992 and was then confirmed as Director and remained until his retirement in 2004. His specialist area was the taxonomy of lichens, and especially the genus ''Lecidea'' that he had first studied for his doctorate. He and students that he supervised brought order and a critical review of the 1000 accepted and 4000 published names within the genus in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |