Chroodiscus

Chroodiscus is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It was first introduced by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1883 as a section of the genus Ocellularia. In 1890 he promoted it to generic status.^[2]

Chroodiscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Graphidales
Family:	Graphidaceae
Genus:	Chroodiscus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
Type species
Chroodiscus coccineus (Leight.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
Synonyms[1]
Ocellularia sect. Chroodiscus Müll.Arg. (1883) Phyllobrassia Vain. (1921)

Species

As of July 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 19 species of Chroodiscus:^[3]

• Chroodiscus africanus R.Sant. & Lücking (1999)^[4]
• Chroodiscus anomalus Vězda (1975)^[5]
• Chroodiscus argillaceus (Müll.Arg.) Lücking & Papong (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus australiensis Vězda & Lumbsch (1990)
• Chroodiscus australis Kantvilas & Vězda (2000)^[7]
• Chroodiscus coccineus (Leight.) Müll.Arg. (1890)
• Chroodiscus defectus Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus graphideus Lücking & Kalb (2008)
• Chroodiscus homchantarae Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus khaolungensis Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus khaosokensis Papong & Lücking (2009)^[6]
• Chroodiscus mirificus (Kremp.) R.Sant. (1952)
• Chroodiscus neotropicus Kalb & Vězda (1992)^[8]
• Chroodiscus parvisporus Kalb & Lücking (2002)^[9]
• Chroodiscus subhimalayanus S.Joshi & Upreti (2010)^[10] – India
• Chroodiscus submuralis Lücking (1999)^[11]
• Chroodiscus verrucosus R.Sant., Lücking & Vězda (1999)^[4]

References

1. "Synonymy: Chroodiscus (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Lich. Epiph. Novi: 18 (1890)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
2. Müller Argoviensis, J. (1890). Lichenes Epiphylli Novi (in Latin). pp. 1–22.
3. "Chroodiscus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
4. Santesson, Rolf; Lücking, Robert (1999). "Additions to the foliicolous lichen flora of the Ivory Coast and Guinea (Tropical West Africa)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 19 (6): 719–734. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb00681.x.
5. Vězda, A. (1975). "Foliicole Flechten aus der Republik Guinea (W-Afrika). III". Acta Musei Silesiae (in German). 24: 117–126.
6. Papong, Khwanruan; Lücking, Robert; Thammathaworn, Achra; Boonpragob, Kansri (2009). "Four new taxa of Chroodiscus (thelotremoid Graphidaceae) from Southeast Asia". The Bryologist. 112 (1): 152–163. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.152.
7. Kantvilas, G.; Vězda, A. (2000). "Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae in Tasmania. The genus Chroodiscus and its relatives". The Lichenologist. 32 (4): 325–357. Bibcode:2000ThLic..32..325K. doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0274.
8. Kalb, K.; Vězda, A. (1992). "Neue foliicole Flechten I". Nova Hedwigia (in German). 55: 195–209.
9. Lücking, R.; Grube, M. (2002). "Facultative parasitism and reproductive strategies in Chroodiscus (Ascomycota, Ostropales)". Stapfia. 80: 267–292.
10. Joshi, S.; Upreti, D.K. (2008). "Chroodiscus subhimalayanus, a new species from India". Mycotaxon. 113: 157–162. doi:10.5248/113.157.
11. Lücking, Robert (1999). "Addiciones y correcciones al conocimiento de la liquenoflora de Costa Rica. La familia Asterothyriaceae y el género Chroodiscus". Cryptogamie, Mycologie (in Spanish). 20 (3): 193–224. doi:10.1016/S0181-1584(00)87029-3.