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Hedl.
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<figureCitation id="D2B3C1F9583210198EF1A63A55A4CD50" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological and anatomical features A, B Micarea eurasiatica sp. nov. (Thor 40053) A habit B apothecial section in water C, D Micarea melaeniza (Holotype) C habit, apothecia and pycnidia D apothecial section in water E G Micarea nigella (Holotype) E apothecial section in K F apothecial section in water G drawing of M. nigella pycnidia on dead wood (Kantelinen 1974, H), Ga.) Mesopycnidia extruding mesoconidia, Gb.) Mesoconidia are cylindrical, ellipsoid, sometimes biguttulate. Photos and drawing Kantelinen. Scale bars: Habit 0.5 mm (A, C); Apothecial sections 100 µm (B, C, E, F); Drawing Ga 100 µm, Gb 1 µm." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.106.123484.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1085151">Fig. 3 C, D</figureCitation>
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Bih.
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. Type:
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(S L 1471!
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[ICN Art. 9.10], further specified here [ICN Art. 9.17],
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!,
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!,
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endoxylic. Photobiont micareoid, 47 µm.
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absent to numerous (mostly rare), immarginate, subglobose, often becoming tuberculate, black, matt,
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in diam. Hymenium (25 ) 2842 µm tall, hyaline or tinged aeruginose green, olive, or rarely purplish brown, often with darker vertical streaks. Epihymenium irregularly pigmented aeruginose green, or rarely sordid brown, sometimes with a purplish tinge. Epihymenium and hymenium K + olive green, HNO
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always present, usually numerous, black, sessile or more usually stalked and then 80300 µm tall, 4070 µm in diam., stalks simple or branched from the base bearing up to four pycnidia, upper part of the walls greenish-brown and lower part reddish-brown, K + dull green (the greenish pigment) or sometimes K . Mesoconidia ellipsoid to short cylindrical 2.53.5 × 1.21.8 µm. Micro- or macropycnidia not seen.
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not present in apothecia, pycnidia or thallus.
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no substances detected by
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(information based on
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and
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).
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.
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In his original description of
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and which all are likely to be part of the original material.
<bibRefCitation id="FC9D79DB441D3615666762B8E15AA983" author="Coppins BJ" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins (1983)</bibRefCitation>
cited a holotype in S, which constitutes a lectotypification following ICN Art. 9.10. There is, however, an additional specimen in S (S L 1472) with the same label data, and as
<bibRefCitation id="CD632AEFCF02E56DC83CC13BF8ADBE9C" author="Coppins BJ" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins (1983)</bibRefCitation>
did not indicate which of these specimens he considered to be the
<typeStatus id="F5A1E6AD626E17F0D9D335BBA282E5C0" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, the lectotypification effectively concerns both specimens. We therefore further specify this by here designating the specimen S L 1471 as the
<typeStatus id="C86478297A1AD4DAB378EC6A0B3E6289" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
. This specimen was likely the one referred to as
<typeStatus id="68D1BAD95C32C293A3FC98C841E1DC7F" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
by Coppins, as annotation slips from him are included in the envelope. It should be noted that all
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specimens of
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<emphasis id="4332FBBC94576C09FBEFBAD9F9F79571" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are homogeneous.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENIBI" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="E00EB77DC4ACC3DC3164E3931B16B8E1">
<heading id="558AFD2137D5F23E1345843D06D5BB5F" reason="title">Habitat and distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8F89411F426ED4BE8CD6816021417127">
<taxonomicName id="5555B473BF9A537A9D6F947D47F840C1" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="CDCCF56546EBC93C322F9CB761B4EF7F" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs on lignum of conifer stumps and logs. Based on sequenced specimens and type, the species is currently known from the
<collectingCountry id="057A9C8ECAA0CAE2425CD828510AAE34" name="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="A187C1C4702A7609F110C75BDAC93BD1" name="Finland">Finland</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="CCE94E6D431C033095592905FCE9485D" name="Sweden">Sweden</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DED259CE20EE234CCD0DAC6DC48D0B05" name="Ukraine">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
and the Russian Caucasus. In addition,
<taxonomicName id="BB00FD413CE28DFA6393294A44F340E4" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="108E85F03F544CCEE0A2BC0399A10B58" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been reported from Alaska (
<bibRefCitation id="1B1E0774BBF32D37AF94EE1D306DB2DA" DOI="10.1017/S0024282920000079" author="Spribille" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Spribille" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Lichenologist" pagination="61-181" refId="B30" refString="Spribille T, Fryday AM, Pérez-Ortega S, Svensson M, Tønsberg T, Ekman S, Holien H, Resl P, Schneider K, Stabentheiner E, Thüs H, Vondrák J, Sharman L (2020) Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Lichenologist 52 (2): 61181. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282920000079" title="Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska." volume="52" year="2020">Spribille et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="D06ADA6A0016F3CBF2051491766D3925" name="Austria">Austria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9B77D50D0E45E88AA5FF4DDFFBFA0F6A" author="Berger and Turk" firstAuthor="Berger" journalOrPublisher="Linzer Biologische Beitrage" pagination="425-453" refId="B3" refString="Berger F, Türk R (1991) Zur Kenntnis der Flechten und flechtenbewohnenden Pilze von Oberösterreich und Salzburg III. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 23: 425453." title="Zur Kenntnis der Flechten und flechtenbewohnenden Pilze von Oberösterreich und Salzburg III." volume="23" year="1991">
Berger and
<collectingCountry id="F4487D43A5CD1E1F51ACCFAC45635DBF" name="Turks and Caicos Islands">Türk</collectingCountry>
1991
</bibRefCitation>
, this study) and
<collectingCountry id="9EB20CF75A5A287000DD6E5B4C64134A" name="Mongolia">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A3CE71DDD921AC24A58B1D647DA83716" DOI="10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0082-0051" author="Palka and Sliwa" firstAuthor="Palka" issue="1-2" journalOrPublisher="Nova Hedwigia" pagination="51-68" refId="B25" refString="Palka K, Śliwa L (2006) Lichens of Oran Dosh protected area in the Lake Khubsugul National Park (Mongolia). Part 1: Corticolous and lignicolous species. Nova Hedwigia 82 (12): 5168. https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0082-0051" title="Lichens of Oran Dosh protected area in the Lake Khubsugul National Park (Mongolia). Part 1: Corticolous and lignicolous species." volume="82" year="2006">Palka and Śliwa 2006</bibRefCitation>
). Further, it might have been reported as
<taxonomicName id="6C37883074465B5DEE3388BB924AD94E" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="0FEFC5AF13ECCA232D9F2D354E97720D" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and could be found after revising specimens.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAKBI" type="notes">
<paragraph id="016B925FD29D352A91DE7B2FB999900B">
<heading id="50F07D1AB967C1495B3EEF96B0F9059D" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="647723C9A847702437D88810D49DEAFE">
In his monograph of European
<taxonomicName id="2FCCE1B061BD837BBE993B808A987CF2">
<emphasis id="6B930D164DA0834C9AF9AD3E12A569E4" italics="true">Micarea</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
,
<bibRefCitation id="8C0DCCDF5262616E3F43FD845F1156BD" author="Coppins BJ" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins (1983)</bibRefCitation>
accepted
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<emphasis id="21DD5E1AEE4DDC6F2B53C113314E2386" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and in his interpretation, the species is characterized by having a hymenium with green pigmentation, a dark brown hypothecium without any reaction with K, and black stalked pycnidia containing comparatively short conidia. In the same work, the new species
<taxonomicName id="2D4C8B5C154AE10936507188F43467BD" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="E491AE8EA6F95D5A4CE7870DE06B469F" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described, which should differ from
<taxonomicName id="A54F75EA3DC49F8B10CA50541F9E4495" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="2CAD94ECE97EA4EE3F5090484323D621" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a purplish brown, K + green pigment in the hymenium, hypothecium and pycnidial tissues, and slightly larger mesoconidia (
<taxonomicName id="CB69D7EC28BC2B15CA1E6CCA74C20C49" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="46AC93FA4DCE8D68F3CEAE2B80583BE7" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 2.33.6 × 11.3 µm vs.
<taxonomicName id="B6611E705C8782A140CAC87D8B716480" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="2E9B74E77EB2196A028DCE99CB3F1FF7" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 3.44.3 × 1.21.6 µm;
<bibRefCitation id="70E03E228B1B55FF86809F25A35CFB2D" author="Coppins" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="4E3167656FCB3B4B4936179678A0EA42" author="Czarnota P" firstAuthor="Czarnota" journalOrPublisher="Polish Botanical Studies" pagination="1-190" refId="B5" refString="Czarnota P (2007) The lichen genus Micarea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Poland. Polish Botanical Studies 23: 1190." title="The lichen genus Micarea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Poland." volume="23" year="2007">Czarnota (2007)</bibRefCitation>
noted that the amount of purple, K + green pigment varied considerably in Polish collections determined as
<taxonomicName id="58AE2E762D2F00562326988893333A20" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="5621B93E4EC7162CCDD54A28A72CB271" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and suggested that
<taxonomicName id="D8DD490FAF751F5DA5C92AFDF334A3D9" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="54DDF0ADC88A15AB88DF2CFD171C7EDE" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="6AA4931DD29007CDDB2346B5D3170A61" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="03A4AE12BBD1C5208B7818C0B81FD7A0" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be conspecific. He further noted that Hedlunds original description could be interpreted as indicating the presence of another pigment, the purple, K + purple pigment and suggested that the differences between Hedlunds and Coppins descriptions could be due to the studied material having aged (
<bibRefCitation id="6738C4063137EFD9D23D8EC1E5E3F36A" author="Czarnota" firstAuthor="Czarnota" journalOrPublisher="Polish Botanical Studies" pagination="1-190" refId="B5" refString="Czarnota P (2007) The lichen genus Micarea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Poland. Polish Botanical Studies 23: 1190." title="The lichen genus Micarea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Poland." volume="23" year="2007">Czarnota 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610565CC878B7212C90C10F6C5BF0CEB">
In our interpretation,
<taxonomicName id="727BDC00024D76108318B8A49D405D83" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="C1CD6E0E48AD92866D434C13128F51C5" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a species with mostly two pigments: (i) a blackish-green, usually K + green intensifying pigment, mostly located to the epihymenium but sometimes also in the hymenium and the upper part of the hypothecium (Cinereorufa-green) and (ii) a dark brown, K pigment in the hypothecium (possibly Superba-brown). The description in
<bibRefCitation id="A582088ECAD28C6D2410B4CFD36F63FF" author="Coppins BJ" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins (1983)</bibRefCitation>
fits our interpretation quite well, except that the specimens have a K + greenish reaction due to Cinereorufa-green pigment that is not mentioned by Coppins (l. c.) but is, on the other hand, mentioned in the original description of the species by
<bibRefCitation id="D515D197BE445DF9CFB6798C69813BAD" author="Hedlund JT" firstAuthor="Hedlund" journalOrPublisher="Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar III," pagination="1-104" refId="B11" refString="Hedlund JT (1892) Kritische Bemerkungen über einige Arten der Flechtengattungen Lecanora (Ach.), Lecidea (Ach.) und Micarea (Fr.). Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar III, 18: 1104." title="Kritische Bemerkungen über einige Arten der Flechtengattungen Lecanora (Ach.), Lecidea (Ach.) und Micarea (Fr.)." volume="18" year="1892">Hedlund (1892)</bibRefCitation>
and seen by us in the type specimen. Pigmentation of
<taxonomicName id="F20625ED977EB17A03B4567283B5DA65" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="C3B1ACA0A1EEBBE34ED3075E0A73E7D3" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be more complex, however.
<specimenCount id="79464A2B9128F5F453313B3863AA5FA7" count="1" type="generic">One specimen</specimenCount>
from the
<collectingCountry id="A6D316E22C557B76800BFB49BB2AFAD5" name="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
(ZP 32013) shows patchily purplish, K + dark green pigment that might be the Melaena-red pigment (in apothecia concentrated mainly in hymenium as darker streaks). This specimen was originally downloaded to GenBank as
<taxonomicName id="3B707660B82E37974DF94D9AED747A88" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="982E60D4EDA128040794EA7966DF8C6E" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it is monophyletic with
<taxonomicName id="02A47EE27D08FFEA102137DCED9D8A2D" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="60F1913AABCC4FE7A3EF2A3805361500" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in our phylogenetic analyses. More sequenced specimens are needed to understand better the pigment profile of
<taxonomicName id="E6F80563843FF2B04747E9A47D1FC6CE" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="B69891A8150505BA4C10BEF293C3265C" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D4C3C17AA008D218DB860E547C6DE73">
We considered the possibility of
<taxonomicName id="8457205B007928A7905EE3E66B502534" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="86271BA52C580E045E6E4910F14FAEFF" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4166E410A8E7F9C26CECBCDF57B3D111" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="9DF7E5F227B046F1709C31416423E138" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
being synonymous. A careful study of the type specimens showed morphological differences, e. g. in the size of conidia and pigmentation of apothecia and pycnidia. A brown or purple-brown, K + green pigment in the hymenium, hypothecium and pycnidia walls (Melaena-red) of
<taxonomicName id="D226A726D00E7024859FBDE51132290E" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="BBBB0D823DB8F1CF237D3257C3931440" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an important difference between
<taxonomicName id="210CC9EE148362EB0A3B9A02BE0AF741" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="AF9A2621FD387005E042DE07BC54877C" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7BB1631BEB75AE148296110286B1B168" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="BE6A67FC3C8C2BACEC95ED87E990830A" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although this is not true for all the studied specimens as was mentioned above. The difference in pigmentation is also visible in nitric acid, i. e. in
<taxonomicName id="34450E4E66ED09442DBDDD95D674DC0C" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="99033F9DF8DE96DAF8D3E442AA2CDF33" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the hypothecium is mostly HNO
<subScript id="7816B200E5691B5568D990D879D4D105">3</subScript>
(rarely HNO
<subScript id="7584A0637C7A709A234447FAE4A283AC">3</subScript>
intensifying red), and in
<taxonomicName id="AF8DA4F14DE40338C8BA4390E0E33D15" authority="HNO" authorityName="HNO" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="E743A3FDC9EE7C11C3485FEAC9CAD1E9" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
HNO
</taxonomicName>
<subScript id="EA6ABBCF9D2982673D01C1047C890BF9">3</subScript>
+ purple-red. Compared to
<taxonomicName id="2532D4CA57D3C503BC030C0CAA0414BF" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="65AEFB634C41017057D96B699B4BB773" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="730065D4664B99F959815B301A601DF8" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="3E2A7CA27A48153AC8E10E7B04A8DEA4" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has longer conidia (3.44.5 × 1.21.6 µm), slightly shorter hymenium (up to 30 µm) and wider paraphyses (up to 3 µm), as also shown by
<bibRefCitation id="527410343AC69580B7E70096CA8F1CC7" author="Coppins BJ" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins (1983)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E161DB4C19E3CA42099D1B206BE39510">
The molecular study supports the distinction of
<taxonomicName id="58D6001B2A1B76EC2409413EC8F17E0A" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="CF876E505F7D5CD268D1E6338BF9EB85" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EAD0052299AFD3866EFF7E0F322EC6BC" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="AFC4C4775328F2D8CC9E7FF075C95335" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="AFF368838DD02A081C7200E50096707C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bayesian tree of the Micarea melaeniza - group and similar-looking species based on mtSSU and ITS sequences. Bayesian posterior probabilities are always indicated near the branches together with bootstrap support when less than 80 (e. g. 0.70 / 63)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.106.123484.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1085150">2</figureCitation>
). Our sequenced specimens form two monophyletic clades, and these specimens are morphologically similar with the type specimens (except for ZP 32013 discussed above).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="27AF9A07531201C4A953E3C989BCA327">
In external appearance,
<taxonomicName id="0D403172523E5A977E87B52F21803937" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="D8392B8A861E8AEA9CC9E00FFCDD7E32" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also resembles
<taxonomicName id="D1F2D8BE58C931DEA818D32D1460B959" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="botryoides">
<emphasis id="EA066242EEFEBBA52CA819A7969E52D0" italics="true">M. botryoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FBA9AF73449F479CD7715FE535E34DFB" authorityName="Kantelinen &amp; Svensson &amp; Malíček &amp; Vondrák &amp; Thor &amp; Palice &amp; Svoboda &amp; Myllys" authorityYear="2024" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="eurasiatica">
<emphasis id="912BEF3ADAC888EB69E1858D321F94B6" italics="true">M. eurasiatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E5187192AA573825A2A7A80DFCF9379A" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="misella">
<emphasis id="689D83DDCFCEC448E180CB39F2452BB5" italics="true">M. misella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="019EE53C8FDABA0CE9D50CE3AAD54F4A" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="osloensis">
<emphasis id="EF5265AA77A013C1FEE40898FF7C46D2" italics="true">M. osloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="927CF11ED3228C8231034D50282332C5" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="botryoides">
<emphasis id="6B2D9FC7434AEDEE7C87DF8EB397749C" italics="true">Micarea botryoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is usually not lignicolous, has longer ascospores (813 ( 16) × 2.33.7 ( 4) µm) that are often septate, and longer mesoconidia (
<bibRefCitation id="57F512D258123B5B2247A2C28AF1636E" author="Coppins" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="3E1067B6CAC6150690DA80B3DD4EBAC6" authorityName="Kantelinen &amp; Svensson &amp; Malíček &amp; Vondrák &amp; Thor &amp; Palice &amp; Svoboda &amp; Myllys" authorityYear="2024" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="eurasiatica">
<emphasis id="D10EA7489ADB6CD34E90552E1A5FBD00" italics="true">Micarea eurasiatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has similar pigmentation like
<taxonomicName id="4F916990E6330B7CDBCD804682E720A9" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="A7AA89F5990611AA2008DFE4A3041980" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the shape of apothecia is different (adnate vs subglobose), its pycnidia are sessile and mesoconidia are longer (up to 6 µm).
<taxonomicName id="FEDE4F4190ADA94634A1651F97926AA7" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="misella">
<emphasis id="C907521853C0059F7A228C5EB37C4E31" italics="true">Micarea misella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, on the other hand, can be microscopically distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="1F0209E95CE89C64432CD79F71229511" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="C16BDAB554760E32F13FB876DABF3D00" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the olivaceous pigment that reacts violet instead of dull green in K, and by its hyaline hypothecium (
<bibRefCitation id="8CC54A99717BE1C826C1A99A91BB7A5D" author="Coppins" firstAuthor="Coppins" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series" pagination="17-214" refId="B4" refString="Coppins BJ (1983) A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany Series 11: 17214." title="A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe." volume="11" year="1983">Coppins 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="1E4E7004FD8CFC39233FA8FF638F5266" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="osloensis">
<emphasis id="91E48A5807575DFB3BAA83F476D015CF" italics="true">Micarea osloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="8AF1D1E8B59AF36239E3D0A4B27B4B7F" authorityName=", Hedlund" authorityYear="1892" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="melaeniza">
<emphasis id="A87578D4D49A6B1DD2A1CBBAF9F99CF0" italics="true">M. melaeniza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in many characters, and is a close relative based on our phylogenetic study. However,
<taxonomicName id="70D198AF1B41E09B4B0FB32A91AEF7EA" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="osloensis">
<emphasis id="13E7562CF331BEE5CA17DB153DF11030" italics="true">M. osloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has shorter pycnidia (max. 180 µm), longer mesoconidia 3.54.5 ( 5) × 1.21.5 ( 1.8) µm, and apothecia and pycnidia are mostly K (although a higher concentration of Cinereorufa-green pigment is known to occur in some of the C-European specimens).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1YBI" type="Additional specimens studied">
<paragraph id="3F8A4B80D608F1AAEA33BA1B52F1F33F">
<heading id="C677F8CF67A2791E33C857471961BC42" reason="title">Additional specimens studied.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6CCEFF11AD451EE0B64114235958590">
<emphasis id="39B24C478097E29E3553CBA488901E16" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="0BEA121DE5821C83C899415031AD52E7" name="Austria">Austria</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
,
<collectingRegion id="FD8DF40799BBA8D367771275E42BC002" country="Austria" name="Niederoesterreich">Niederösterreich</collectingRegion>
, Ybbstaler Alpen, Wildnisgebiet Dürrenstein, Lunz am See Rothwald, Kleiner Urwald, primeval beech dominated forest on a crest above the valley of Moderbach brook,
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<geoCoordinate id="5C14B5C066E97CBA0F1D4D4B2929FAF1" degrees="47" direction="north" minutes="46" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="31.0" value="47.775276">47 ° 46 ' 31.0 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
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</named-content>
,
<quantity id="DA0345D1C5EDCECA3571302A46726E7D" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.01" unit="m" value="1010.0">1010 m</quantity>
, on wood of snag of
<taxonomicName id="2214EB8A225703B27C5F55319C9F127A" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="abies">
<emphasis id="B829928CE9F5EC52712EA39C500F0AFD" italics="true">Picea abies</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 2022, Malíček 16229, Berger, Palice &amp; Vondrák, hb Malíček.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8E28583A9B7A9F5646A2A312EE22E16E">
<emphasis id="CC0B0C3F27B406A0E3AC758BF290C366" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="625E822C8B030CC4AEDB4D712F3C8175" name="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, S
<collectingRegion id="44494660D5BB72636F634DC5F484DDB7" country="Czech Republic" name="Jihocesky">Bohemia</collectingRegion>
, Šumava Mts, Volary, České Žleby: Radvanovický hřbet - E foothill, managed spruce forest with left old beeches on E-NE-facing slope,
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<geoCoordinate id="D308F65ADA48DBAE353B72B92A3D16B3" degrees="48" direction="north" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="02" value="48.90056">48 ° 54 ' 02 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="D77713F5F98697A106449B9CB88AB4C8" degrees="13" direction="east" minutes="48" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="28" value="13.807778">13 ° 48 ' 28 &quot; E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
, on decaying wood of (?)
<taxonomicName id="AC6ECDDFEF362D5AAC47F8B49A93C2B4" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="29CCAE246F2FECCB683FACBE792CA1CB" italics="true">Picea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stump,
<quantity id="B719FC2FED98873D33DE3492D098F31B" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.2" unit="m" value="820.0">820 m</quantity>
, 2021, Palice 32013, PRA (in GenBank as
<taxonomicName id="A180127532F9892FF53EC7E0A69252F6" class="Arthoniomycetes" family="Chrysotrichaceae" genus="Micarea" kingdom="Fungi" order="Arthoniales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="nigella">
<emphasis id="E2D811BF5AA157C85AB9C8BD25F8732F" italics="true">M. nigella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<ext-link id="4A6487CDB585EE0DB2D199728B4CF8E7" ext-link-type="gen" xlink_href="OQ646318" xlink_type="simple">OQ 646318</ext-link>
); ibid., Horní Vltavice, Zátoň: Jilmová skála Nature Monument, scree old-growth forest (150200 years old) with maple, beech, sycamore, silver fir etc.,
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<geoCoordinate id="AB9E97A34CD83CAF9034854FA2B5B1BA" degrees="48" direction="north" minutes="57" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="48.953613">48 ° 57 ' 13 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="D1903D234F1D7B580702D2AD93C5FBFB" degrees="13" direction="east" minutes="47" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="13.796667">13 ° 47 ' 48 &quot; E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
,
<quantity id="382A28ED0C727D20668C792B471B11E9" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.015" metricValueMax="1.03" metricValueMin="1.0" unit="m" value="1015.0" valueMax="1030.0" valueMin="1000.0">10001030 m</quantity>
, on decaying stump, 2014, Malíček 7322, hb Malíček.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F06150131AFD4A13E60011AC88485536">
<emphasis id="E9CAF7E0032069AC766DDF6F32DA2E1F" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="AFABB6B8C14F2810BC492AE624005BBD" name="Finland">Finland</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
,
<collectingRegion id="ADF56CFF42D7E916E01DF865251847F7" country="Finland" name="Uusimaa">Uusimaa</collectingRegion>
, Vantaa, Herukkapuro nature reserve (plot 1), old-growth forest, on wood of a dead stump of
<taxonomicName id="3D9BFEF2289A62B781DB6AF048687934" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="abies">
<emphasis id="DFC283B62510AC875EBDF19C49C4759E" italics="true">Picea abies</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(decay stage 5), WGS 84
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<geoCoordinate id="588D6821554D4DAB1A45BEF0712DFB83" degrees="60.3215" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="60.3215">60.3215 ° N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="473E405603B943BB2A4764FFEDBF2015" degrees="24.7658" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="24.7658">24.7658 ° E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
, 2013, Kantelinen 2430 (DNA A 772), H.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8582C439E83244E2711C3D3267491C57">
<emphasis id="73C360664623778662E22859E97F750D" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="72A587C8248ACBAC537C4B1C11272960" name="Ukraine">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, Ukrainian Carpathians, Nadvirna, Bystrytsia, in valley of stream Dzhurbzinets, c.
<quantity id="722D1DBCAE742CAEC7F32546E328FFBB" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
south of village Maksymets,
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<geoCoordinate id="38FF0140CB026230AE173E004D434E6A" degrees="48" direction="north" minutes="28" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="30" value="48.475002">48 ° 28 ' 30 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="A9B2125E7E1EF62423E6FB652B48DFCF" degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="18" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="23" value="24.306389">24 ° 18 ' 23 &quot; E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
,
<quantity id="B80A8AC89E936E8073A626F71AEB0647" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.005" unit="m" value="1005.0">1005 m</quantity>
, on soft wood of coniferous (
<taxonomicName id="C5A8BB0F3DAFE8FAE9D7B7ACAC08899F" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6F011A3C82BF86ECF72906301AB13C5F" italics="true">Picea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?) stump, 2019, Vondrák 21921, PRA.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B991FC2C4048D9DFA919174C1D5E459F">
<emphasis id="82AAD8B3E06C901AD6CE13D960B372DB" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="AA7D75AA1E24BB4BC3F26BD5837EE396" name="Russia">Russia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, Russian Western Caucasus, Adler, Krasnaya Polyana, primeval fir-beech forest below timberline,
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<geoCoordinate id="1D113A78C054BE59B52366D4DD6339EE" degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="41" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="50" value="43.697224">43 ° 41 ' 50 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="FEDB7E44446173EEEA6E23450820C9D7" degrees="40" direction="east" minutes="21" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="25" value="40.35694">40 ° 21 ' 25 &quot; E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
,
<quantity id="AF35B59D140857774811E04360113C2F" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.69" unit="m" value="1690.0">1690 m</quantity>
, on soft rotten wood of
<taxonomicName id="F53AAB04F40DC5FAF1D240F0C0F92C31" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="abies">
<emphasis id="1B3F669D74632B8BB31A2121B263D5CC" italics="true">Abies</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
snag, 2019, Vondrák 23358, PRA.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3BF7C71769C3D9B0365F1274E641982D">
<emphasis id="EAE840B989860D85985203CE5AB84B12" bold="true">
<collectingCountry id="D32AAE1F5D13220C73EA305342694E79" name="Sweden">Sweden</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
, Ångermanland, Långsele par.,
<date id="CF2C41013F3BAD24C569DA6AA76E6766" value="1891-07">VII. 1891</date>
. Hedlund, UPS (L- 171893).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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