Parmelia (fungus)
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Parmelia is a genus of medium to large foliose (leafy) lichens.[1]Template:Rp It has a global distribution, extending from the Arctic[2] to the Antarctic continent[3] but concentrated in temperate regions.[4] There are about 40 species in Parmelia.[5] In recent decades, the once large genus Parmelia has been divided into a number of smaller genera according to thallus morphology and phylogenetic relatedness.
It is a foliaceous lichen, resembling a leaf in shape. The ends of the leaf-like lobes are often squarish-tipped.[1]Template:Rp The upper surface is pale bluish-gray to light brown in direct sunlight, with a network web-like ridges and depressions.Template:Rp The lower surface is black and has rhizines anchoring it to the substrate.[1]Template:Rp In general, Parmelia have a dark lower side with rhizines ('rootlets') that attach the lichen to its substrate. The upper side may be several colours - grey, yellow, brown - and may have reproductive organs on it. These may be apothecia (ascospore-producing bodies), isidia or soralia (both vegetative structures). In between these two layers is the medulla, which contains the algal component of the lichen.
Taxonomy
Parmelia was circumscribed by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1803.[6] His idea of the genus, which included foliose species with lecanorine apothecia, was quite broad and included species that are now dispersed in many different genera and families, such as the Peltigeraceae (Lobaria), the Pannariaceae (Pannaria, Parmeliella), the Physciaceae (Physcia, Heterodermia, Physconia), the Teloschistaceae (Xanthoria), as well as the Parmeliaceae (Cetraria, Hypogymnia, and Parmeliopsis). Its broad circumscription meant that almost every lichen with a thalline apothecial rim was included by 19th-century authors.Template:Sfn
In an attempt to create more homogeneous groups of taxa, lichenologists created new segregate genera for species once in Parmelia. These included Menegazzia (1854), Parmotrema (1860), Anzia (1861), Parmeliopsis (1869), Hypogymnia (1896), Pseudevernia (1903), Pannoparmelia (1912), and Pseudoparmelia (1914).Template:Sfn In the 1970s and 1980s, electron microscopy was used to help divide several Parmelia species groups into different genera based on the structure of their cortex. These include Arctoparmelia,[7] Bulbothrix, Canoparmelia, Cetrariastrum, Concamerella, Everniastrum, Flavoparmelia, Hypotrachyna, Neofuscelia, Paraparmelia, Parmelina, Parmotrema, Pseudoparmelia, Relicina, Relicinopsis, Xanthomaculina, and Xanthoparmelia. Another group of species was segregated on the basis of the presence of pseudocyphellae: Punctelia, Flavopunctelia, and Melanelia. In Mason Hale's 1987 monograph on Parmelia, he commented: "The group has been further subdivided ... now leaving in Parmelia a small, apparently irreducible assemblage of species typified by P. saxatilis".Template:Sfn In 2016, however, sixteen mostly Australasian species were moved to the new genus Notoparmelia; these species had been shown by molecular phylogenetic analysis to form a monophyletic lineage in Parmelia.[8]
Traditional morphological and chemical characteristics have proven insufficient for reliable species identification within Parmelia. For example, while Template:Lichengloss (a dusty looking surface appearance) was previously considered a diagnostic feature in Template:Lichengloss Parmelia species,[9][10] studies have shown that individual specimens can vary in their degree of pruinosity.[11][12] Similarly, in Parmelia species without vegetative propagules, the presence of lobaric acid was once considered diagnostic.Template:Sfn[13] However, this secondary metabolite has been found to be inconsistently present within specimens of the same species.[5] The incorporation of molecular methods in Parmelia taxonomy has led to the discovery of cryptic taxa, such as P. encryptata[14] and near-cryptic species like P. rojoi.[15]
Fossil record
There are two foliose fossil taxa, Parmelia ambra and P. isidiiveteris, that have been placed provisionally in genus Parmelia due to their overall resemblance to members of this genus.[16] Later authors have suggested, however, that this generic placement is not appropriate for the current concept of Parmelia, and that because of the dearth of specimens available for analysis, it is impossible to know for certain which of the many foliose genera in the family Parmeliaceae is best suited for these fossils.[17][18]
Description
Parmelia species have a foliose (leafy) thallus with a substrate attachment ranging from loose to tight. The lobes comprising the thallus are rounded, more or less straight, and may be contiguous or overlapping (imbricate). The texture of the upper thallus ranges from smooth to foveolate (covered with puts and depressions). The colour is typically green to whitish grey to greyish brown, and some species have a coating of pruina on the surface. Most species have pseudocyphellae (tiny pores that allow for gas exchange), and vegetative propagules such as isidia or soredia, or both. The lower surface of the thallus is black (or close to it), and has rhizines (either simple or branched) that function as holdfasts to attach it to its substrate. The cortex (botany) is paraplectenchymatous – a cell arrangement where the hyphae are oriented in all directions.[19]
The ascomata of Parmelia species are in the form of apothecia, which have a zeorine structure (an apothecium in which a proper exciple is enclosed in the thalline exciple) and are laminal (superficial on the surface) to somewhat stipitate. The exposed upper surface of the hymenium, the disc, is brown, rarely blackish. The asci are eight-spored, while the spores are colorless, ellipsoid, and measure 10–18 by 5–13 μm. The conidiomata are in the form of pycnidia; these black spots are laminal and immersed in the thallus surface. They produce dumbbell-shaped conidia with dimensions of 5.5–8 μm. The photobiont partners of Parmelia are green algae from the genera Asterochloris or Trebouxia.[19]
Photobionts
Recent research has revealed insights into the ecological relationships between Parmelia lichens and their algal partners (Template:Lichengloss). While earlier studies suggested that Parmelia species were highly selective in their choice of photobionts, a 2024 study revealed a more nuanced picture. By examining the genetic diversity of both fungi and algae at the species and haplotype (genetic variant) levels, the researchers found that some widespread Parmelia species, such as P. saxatilis and P. sulcata, exhibit more flexibility in their photobiont associations than previously thought. This adaptability may help explain these species' broad geographic distributions. The study also found that the mode of reproduction (whether through soredia or isidia, two types of vegetative propagules) did not significantly affect the specificity of fungal-algal partnerships.[20]
Ecology
Parmelia lichens are food for the caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera, such as the bagworm moth Taleporia tubulosa.[21]
The mycobiome (the complete community of fungi living within the lichen thallus) reveals that Parmelia lichens are more complex than the traditional view of a simple fungal-algal partnership. Research comparing lichen mycobiomes between Turkey and South Korea has revealed that Parmelia lichens host complex fungal communities dominated by Ascomycota (40%) and Basidiomycota (24%), with Capnodiales being particularly prevalent. While both host species identity and geographic location influence these fungal communities, geographic factors have a stronger effect on mycobiome composition than the lichen host genus. The Parmelia mycobiome includes core fungal members like Cutaneotrichosporon debeurmannianum and various Chaetothyriales and Dothideomycetes species, which persist across different locations. These fungal communities appear to be highly adaptable, allowing Parmelia to maintain consistent mycobiome features across diverse environmental conditions.[22]
Conservation
Two species of Parmelia have been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature for the global IUCN Red List. Both Parmelia saxatilis and P. sulcata are considered species of least concern due to their widespread distribution, abundance, and stable populations.[23][24]
Distribution
Eleven Parmelia species were recorded for Europe in 2008.[25] Nine occur in the Nordic lichen flora, of which P. saxatilis and P. sulcata are most common and widespread.[19]
Species
- Parmelia adaugescens Nyl. (1890)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[26]
- † Parmelia ambra Poinar, E.B.Peterson & Platt (2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[16] – extinct; fossilized in Dominican amber
- Parmelia asiatica A.Crespo & Divakar (2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[27] – China
- Parmelia barrenoae Divakar, M.C.Molina & A.Crespo (2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[28] – Europe
- Parmelia cochleata Zahlbr. (1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia discordans Nyl. (1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[29] – Europe
- Parmelia encryptata A.Crespo, Divakar & M.C.Molina (2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[14]
- Parmelia ernstiae Feuerer & A.Thell (2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9] – Europe
- Parmelia fertilis Müll.Arg. (1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[30]
- Parmelia fraudans (Nyl.) Nyl. (1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia holleana Mont. & Bosch (1856)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia hygrophila Goward & Ahti (1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[31] – North America
- Parmelia hygrophiloides Divakar, Upreti & Elix (2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[32] – India
- Parmelia imbricaria Goward, Divakar, M.C.Molina & A.Crespo (2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[33]
- † Parmelia isidiiveteris Poinar, E.B.Peterson & Platt (2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[16] – extinct; fossilized in Dominican amber
- Parmelia lambii Øvstedal (2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[34] – Antarctica
- Parmelia marmariza Nyl. (1890)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[26]
- Parmelia mayi Divakar, A.Crespo & M.C.Molina (2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[35] – northeastern North America
- Parmelia meiophora Nyl. (1889)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[36]
- Parmelia neocaledonica Nyl. (1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[37]
- Parmelia neodiscordans Hale (1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Sfn
- Parmelia niitakana Asahina (1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia omphalodes (L.) Ach. (1803)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Europe
- Parmelia pinnatifida Kurok. (1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[38] – Europe
- Parmelia protosignifera Elix & J.Johnst. (1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[39] – Australia
- Parmelia pseudoshinanoana Asahina (1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia rojoi A.Crespo, V.J.Rico & Divakar (2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[15] – Europe
- Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach. (1803)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Europe
- Parmelia sectilis Hale (1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia serrana A.Crespo, M.C.Molina & D.Hawksw. (2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[10] – Europe
- Parmelia shinanoana Zahlbr. (1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia skultii Hale (1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Sfn – Europe
- Parmelia squarrosa Hale (1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[40] – Europe
- Parmelia submontana Hale (1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Europe
- Parmelia submutata Hue (1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parmelia sulcata Taylor (1836)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[41] – Europe
- Parmelia sulymae Goward, Divakar, M.C.Molina & A.Crespo (2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[33]
References
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- ↑ Skult H (1985) A New Subspecies of Parmelia omphalodes Ascomycetes Described from the Arctic. Annales Botanici Fennici 22, 201-6.
- ↑ D.C. Lindsay (1973) Notes on Antarctic lichens: IV. The genera Cetraria Hoffm., Hypogymnia (Nyl.) Nyl., Menegazzia Massal, Parmelia Ach. and Platismatia Culb. et Culb. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin 36, 105-114.
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