''Coppinsidea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of two species of

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

s in the family

Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Genera *'' Aciculopsora'' *''Adelolecia'' *'' Arth ...

. It was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every po ...

in 2019 by lichenologists

Sergey Kondratyuk Sergey Yakovlevich Kondratyuk ( uk, Сергій Якович Кондратюк) (born 17 May 1959) is a Ukrainian botanist specialising in lichenology. His research deals with the taxonomy, floristics, ecology and geography of lichens and lic ...

Edit Farkas Edit may refer to: Concepts * an action that is part of an editing process (including Image editing, of images, Video editing, video, and Film editing, film) * a particular version that is the result of editing, especially of film (for examp ...

, and Laszlo Lőkös with ''Coppinsidea sphaerella'' designated as the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

. Species of ''Coppinsidea'' are similar in appearance and

morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines *Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...

to '' Thamnolecania'', but differ from them in having a

thallus Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or " twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms ...

that is crustose (rather than

fruticose A fruticose lichen is a form of lichen fungi that is characterized by a coral-like shrubby or bushy growth structure. It is formed from a symbiotic relationship of a photobiont such as green algae or less commonly cyanobacteria and one, two or m ...

, mostly convex to almost spherical

apothecia An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mo ...

that are lecideine or biatorine in structure, as well as in being distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is named to honour British lichenologist

Brian J. Coppins Brian John Coppins (born 1949) is a botanist and lichenologist, considered a world authority on crustose lichens and a leading expert on the genus ''Micarea''. Education Coppins' interest in lichens was sparked during a field trip to the Scott ...

Species

*''

Coppinsidea sphaerella ''Coppinsidea'' is a genus of two species of crustose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. It was circumscribed in 2019 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Edit Farkas, and Laszlo Lőkös with ''Coppinsidea sphaerella'' designated as the type ...

'' *''

Coppinsidea vainioana ''Coppinsidea vainioana'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It occurs in Europe, where it grows on the bark of pine trees. Taxonomy ''Coppinsidea vainioana'' was originally published posthumously by Finnish lichenolog ...

'' Several species included in the original circumscription of the genus have since been moved to other genera: *''Coppinsidea alba'' (''

Biatora veteranorum ''Biatora'' is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). ''Lichenum dianome nova''. Lund. the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine ...

'') *''Coppinsidea aphana'' (''

Catillaria aphana ''Catillaria'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Catillariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the type genus of Catillariaceae, which was circumscribed by Austria ...

'') *''Coppinsidea croatica'' ('' Lecania croatica'') *''Coppinsidea fuscoviridis'' (''

Bacidia fuscoviridis ''Bacidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846. Species in the genus are crust-like lichens with stemless apothecia; they have green algae (chloroccoid) as ...

'') *''Coppinsidea pallens'' (''

Biatora pallens ''Biatora'' is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). ''Lichenum dianome nova''. Lund. the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine a ...

'') *''Coppinsidea ropalosporoides'' (''

Gyalidea ropalosporoides ''Gyalidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Gomphillaceae. It has 50 species. Species *'' Gyalidea asteriscus'' *'' Gyalidea austrocoreana'' *'' Gyalidea corticola'' *'' Gyalidea diaphana'' *'' Gyalidea fritzei'' *'' Gyalide ...

'') *''Coppinsidea scotinodes'' (''

Catillaria scotinodes ''Catillaria'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Catillariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the type genus of Catillariaceae, which was circumscribed by Austrian ...

'')

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q105043801 Ramalinaceae Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2019 Taxa named by Sergey Kondratyuk