Jamesiella

Jamesiella is a genus of fungi in the family Gomphillaceae.^[2] It was circumscribed by Robert Lücking, Emmanuël Sérusiaux and Antonín Vězda in 2005. The genus name honours Peter Wilfred James, an English botanist who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.^[3] The type species of the genus, Jamesiella anastomosans, is now classified in the genus Gyalideopsis.

Jamesiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Graphidales
Family:	Gomphillaceae
Genus:	Jamesiella Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)[1]
Type species
Jamesiella anastomosans (P.James & Vězda) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)
Species
J. anastomosans J. chaverriae J. dacryoidea J. perlucida

Species

As of July 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Jamesiella:^[2]

• Jamesiella anastomosans (P.James & Vězda) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)
• Jamesiella chaverriae Chaves, L.Umaña & Lücking (2006)
• Jamesiella dacryoidea Fryday (2021)
• Jamesiella perlucida (Vězda & Hafellner) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)

References

1. Lücking R, Sérusiaux E, Vezda A (2005). "Phylogeny and systematics of the lichen family Gomphillaceae (Ostropales) inferred from cladistic analysis of phenotype data" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (2): 123–170. doi:10.1017/s0024282905014660.
2. "Jamesiella". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.