Bacidina
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Bacidina is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda in 1990, with Bacidina phacodes assigned as the type species. Vězda included 11 species in Bacidina, which was originally classified in the Lecideaceae. These species had previously been placed in genus Bacidia.[2]
Description
Bacidina species are crustose lichens, forming thin, often inconspicuous thalli that may be smooth, cracked, warted, or Template:Lichengloss. Some species develop specialised reproductive structures such as soredia, isidia, or microsquamules. The thallus is typically pale in colouration, ranging from whitish and pale green to greyish or fawn. The photosynthetic partner (Template:Lichengloss) consists of Template:Lichengloss algae, which have roughly spherical (Template:Lichengloss) to broadly ellipsoidal cells.[3]
The reproductive structures, or apothecia, are relatively small, usually up to 1 mm in diameter, and can be flat or strongly convex. They lack a distinct Template:Lichengloss but have a well-developed Template:Lichengloss, which is composed largely of thick-walled cells with isodiametric to ellipsoidal Template:Lichengloss. This distinguishes Bacidina from Bacidia, which has a true exciple made of radiating hyphal tissue with narrow lumina. The hymenium, a spore-producing layer, reacts with iodine (I+) to stain blue. The underlying Template:Lichengloss varies in colouration from colourless to pigmented. The paraphyses within the hymenium are generally few in number, sometimes branched, and often have swollen tips.[3]
The asci, which produce the Template:Lichengloss, are club-shaped (Template:Lichengloss) to cylindrical-clavate in shape and typically contain eight spores. Most Bacidina species have asci of the Bacidia type, characterised by an apical dome that stains dark blue in K/I with a pale, conical apical cushion. In some species, the ascus resembles the Biatora type, which has a darker-staining zone around the apical cushion. The ascospores are colourless, generally three- or more-septate at maturity, and often Template:Lichengloss (thread-like), Template:Lichengloss (needle-shaped), or sigmoid (curved like an "S"), though some species have spores that are cylindrical to fusiform. A distinct outer spore coating (Template:Lichengloss) is absent.[3]
Asexual reproduction occurs through conidia, which are produced in small, often Template:Lichengloss or sessile pycnidia. The conidia are colourless and vary in shape, with some species producing septate conidia. Bacidina species do not contain secondary metabolites that react with common chemical spot tests (C–, K–, KC–, Pd–, I–, UV–), but their apothecia and pycnidia may contain a variety of pigments.[3]
Species
since February 2025[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 53 species of Bacidina,[4] although a total of 85 taxa have been described in the genus.[5]
- Bacidina acerina Vondrák, Svoboda & Malíček (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] – Europe
- Bacidina adastra (Sparrius & Aptroot)[7] M.Hauck & V.Wirth (2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina aenea S.Ekman (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina aeruginosa van den Boom (2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9]
- Bacidina apiahica (Müll.Arg.) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina arnoldiana (Körb.) V.Wirth & Vězda (1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina arvidssonii (Sérus.) Lücking (2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina assulata (Körb.) S.Ekman (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina brandii (Coppins & van den Boom) M.Hauck & V.Wirth (2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina brittoniana (Riddle) LaGreca & S.Ekman (2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina caerulea (Körb.) S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina californica S.Ekman (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina caligans (Nyl.) Llop & Hladun (2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina canariensis Lumbsch & Vězda (1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina celtica van den Boom & Llop (2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[10]
- Bacidina chloroticula (Nyl.) Vězda & Poelt (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina cinnamomea (Kremp.) Farkas (2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina circumpallens (Nyl.) S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina circumpulla S.Ekman (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[12]
- Bacidina clauzadei (Sérus. & Lambinon) Farkas (2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina contecta S.Ekman & T.Sprib. (2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina convexa van den Boom (2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[13] – Panama
- Bacidina crystallifera S.Ekman 1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina defecta Vězda (1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[14]
- Bacidina delicata (Larbal. ex Leight.) V.Wirth & Vězda (1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina dichroma van den Boom (2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[15] – Guatemala
- Bacidina digitalis M.Cáceres & Lücking (2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[16]
- Bacidina dissecta S.Ekman (2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina egenula (Nyl.) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina etayana (van den Boom & Vězda) M.Hauck & V.Wirth (2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina ferax S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina flavoleprosa Czarnota & Guzow-Krzem. (2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina fuscosquamulosa van den Boom (2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[15] – Guatemala
- Bacidina hypophylla Lücking & Kalb (2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[17] – Brazil
- Bacidina indigens (Vain.) S.Ekman & J.Gerasimova (2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina inundata (Fr.) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina iqbalii K.Habib & Khalid (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[18] – Pakistan
- Bacidina jasonhurii J.P.Halda, S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös (2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina lacerata (Timdal) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina lignicola S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina loekoesiana S.Y.Kondr. & Hur (2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina maculans S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina margallensis M.Fatima, K.Habib & Khalid (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[18][18] – Pakistan
- Bacidina medialis (Tuck. ex Nyl.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina mendax Czarnota & Guz.-Krzem. (2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[19] – Europe
- Bacidina mirabilis (Vězda) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina modesta (Zwackh ex Vain.) S.Ekman (2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina multiseptata M.Cáceres & Lücking (2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[16]
- Bacidina neglecta (Vězda) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina neosquamulosa (Aptroot & Herk) S.Ekman (2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina neotropica Lücking (2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[20]
- Bacidina pallidocarnea (Müll.Arg.) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina pallidocarpa van den Boom & Magain (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[21] – Macaronesia
- Bacidina paradoxa Palice (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6]
- Bacidina phacodes (Körb.) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina piceae van den Boom (2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9]
- Bacidina populnea S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina pseudohyphophorifera (Lücking & Sérus.) Lücking (2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina pseudoisidiata van den Boom (2013)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[22] – Tenerife
- Bacidina pulverula van den Boom (2022)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[23] – Ecuador
- Bacidina pycnidiata (Czarnota & Coppins) Czarnota & Guz.-Krzem. (2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[19]
- Bacidina saxenii (Erichsen) M.Hauck & V.Wirth (2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina scutellifera (Vězda) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina simplex Farkas & Vězda (1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[24]
- Bacidina squamellosa S.Ekman (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina sorediata Seaward & Lücking (2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[25]
- Bacidina streimannii Vězda (1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[14]
- Bacidina subfuscula (Nyl.) S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11]
- Bacidina sulphurella (Samp.) M.Hauck & V.Wirth (2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina tarandina S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina tenella (Kullh.) S.Ekman (2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina terricola van den Boom & Alvarado (2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bacidina varia S.Ekman (1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Bacidina vasakii (Vězda) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Bacidina violacea van den Boom & Magain (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[21] – Macaronesia
- Bacidina ziamensis (Vězda) Vězda (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
References
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