Circinaria

Circinaria
Circinaria contorta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Genus:
Link (1809)

Circinaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It was circumscribed by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809.[1]

Species

As of May 2025, Species Fungorum accepts 37 species of Circinaria.[2]

  • Circinaria affinis (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria arida Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Tibell (2011)
  • Circinaria caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria calcarea (L.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria cerebroides (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria contorta (Hoffm.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria crespiana (V.J.Rico) Sohrabi & V.J.Rico (2013)
  • Circinaria cupreogrisea (Th.Fr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria deminuta P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2020)[4] – Australia
  • Circinaria digitata (Sohrabi & Litterski) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria elmorei (E.D.Rudolph) Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Sohrabi (2011)
  • Circinaria emiliae (Tomin) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria esculenta (Pall.) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria fruticulosa (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria gibbosa (Ach.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria hispida (Mereschk.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria jussuffii (Link) Sohrabi (2016)
  • Circinaria lacunosa (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria laxilobata G.Ismayil, A.Abbas & S.Y.Guo (2019)
  • Circinaria leprosescens (Sandst.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
  • Circinaria maculata (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria mansourii (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2013)[5]
  • Circinaria nimisii Sohrabi, H.Mayrhofer, Obermayer & S.D.Leav. (2023)[6] – Greece
  • Circinaria ochraceoalba (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria rogeri (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria rostamii Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria schafeevii (Tomin) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria scyphulifera Paukov, Chesnokov & Konoreva (2018)[7] – Russia
  • Circinaria serenensis (Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand) A.Nordin (2016)
  • Circinaria subochracea (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria tominii (Oxner) Sohrabi (2012)[3]
  • Circinaria tortuosa (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria transbaicalica (Oxner) Q.Ren (2018)
  • Circinaria ucrainica Khodos. & Darmostuk (2024)[8] – Ukraine

References

  1. ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Circinaria". Catalog of Life Version 2021-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sohrabi, M.; Stenroos, S.; Myllys, L.; Søchting, U.; Ahti, T.; Hyvönen, J. (2012). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Circinaria ('manna lichens' in Aspicilia s.lat.); a new insight into the genetic relationships of the vagrant-crustose growth forms". Mycological Progress. 12: 231–269. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0830-1.
  3. ^ McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2020). "A new species of Circinaria (Megasporaceae) from New South Wales, Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 86: 90–94.
  4. ^ Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Rico, Víctor J.; Halici, Mehmet G.; Shrestha, Gajendra; Stenroos, Soili (2013). "Teuvoa, a new lichen genus in Megasporaceae (Ascomycota: Pertusariales), including Teuvoa junipericola sp. nov". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 347–360. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000108.
  5. ^ Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2023). "Circinaria nimisii (Megasporaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new manna lichen from Greece". The Lichenologist. 55 (5): 367–376. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000336.
  6. ^ Chesnokov, S.; Konoreva, L.; Paukov, A. (2018). "New species and records of saxicolous lichens from the Kodar Range (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 63 (1): 11–21. doi:10.2478/pfs-2018-0003. hdl:10995/75628.
  7. ^ Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Darmostuk, Valerii; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Kuzemko, Anna (2024). "Сircinaria ucrainica sp. nov., a new species from sand dunes of the Lower Dnipro valley (Ukraine)". The Lichenologist. 56 (4): 159–167. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000197.