''Sulzbacheromyces'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

basidiolichen Basidiolichens are lichenized members of the Division (taxonomy), division Basidiomycota within the subkingdom Dikarya of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Fungus, Fungi. They form a diverse yet much smaller group of lichens than the far more commo ...

s in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the

fungal A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one of the tradit ...

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Lepidostromatales). The genus is distinguished from the other genera of Lepidostromataceae (''

Ertzia ''Ertzia'' is a monospecific genus in the family Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the fungal order Lepidostromatales). The sole species is ''Ertzia akagerae'', a basidiolichen. The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by Brendan Hodkinso ...

'' and ''

Lepidostroma ''Lepidostroma'' is a genus in the family Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the fungal order Lepidostromatales). The genus is distinguished from all other lichenized clavarioid fungi (''Multiclavula'' (''Cantharellales''), '' Ertzia'' ...

'') by having an entirely

crustose Crustose is a Habit (biology), habit of some types of algae and lichens in which the organism grows tightly appressed to a substrate, forming a biological layer. ''Crustose'' adheres very closely to the Substrate (biology), substrates at all poin ...

thallus and from ''

Multiclavula ''Multiclavula'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Hydnaceae. The widespread genus contains 14 species.Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from ...

'' (''

Cantharellales The Cantharellales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the class (biology), class Agaricomycetes. The order includes not only the chanterelles (Cantharellaceae), but also some of the tooth fungi (Hydnaceae), clavarioid fungi (Aphelariaceae ...

'') by having a (instead of )

photobiont A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, 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 spe ...

grows on soil in the

neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

Description

The genus ''Sulzbacheromyces'' is characterised by its simple, crustose

thallus Thallus (: 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. A thallus usually names the entir ...

which lacks any internal differentiation, having neither nor medullary tissue. This thallus structure distinguishes it from the related basidiolichen genus ''

'', which has a (scaly) thallus. The reproductive structures ( basidiomata) are to caloceroid (club-shaped), unbranched, and typically coloured yellow to orange. The internal structure of the basidiomata consists of parallel, thin-walled, occasionally clamped

hypha A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium. Structure A hypha consists of one o ...

e that form a densely agglutinated central strand and a loosely organized 'medullary' tissue. The fruiting body cortex is distinctly three-layered, composed of a thin, dense, brownish outer layer, a broader,

hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from , and . Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is named after its glassy appearance on fresh gross pathology. On light microscopy of H&E stained slides, the extracellula ...

(translucent) middle layer with large interspaces, and a thin, dense, pale yellowish inner layer. The genus forms a

symbiotic Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biolo ...

relationship with

green algae The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...

( photobionts). In the

, ''S. caatingae'', the photobiont belongs to the genus '' Bracteacoccus'', representing the first known occurrence of this typically freshwater algal genus in a lichen symbiosis.

Species

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Sulzbacheromyces bicolor ''Sulzbacheromyces bicolor'' is a species of basidiolichen in the family Lepidostromataceae. It occurs in Yunnan, China. Taxonomy ''Sulzbacheromyces bicolor'' was species description, formally described as a new species in 2017 by Dong Liu, Li ...

'' – China *'' Sulzbacheromyces caatingae'' – Neotropics *'' Sulzbacheromyces chocoensis'' – Colombia *'' Sulzbacheromyces fossicola'' – Singapore *'' Sulzbacheromyces leucodontius'' – Colombia *'' Sulzbacheromyces miomboensis'' – Democratic Republic of Congo *'' Sulzbacheromyces sinensis'' – Asia *'' Sulzbacheromyces tutunendo'' – Colombia *'' Sulzbacheromyces yunnanensis'' – China

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16992868 Lepidostromatales Lichen genera Agaricomycetes genera Taxa described in 2013 Taxa named by Robert Lücking Basidiolichens Taxa named by Brendan Paul Hodkinson