Oropogon

Oropogon is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae.^[2] It is a genus of roughly 40 currently accepted species.^[3] It was previously included in the family Alectoriaceae, but this group has since been subsumed into the Parmeliaceae.

Oropogon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Oropogon Th.Fr. (1861)
Type species
Oropogon loxensis (Fée) Zukal (1895)
Synonyms[1]
Atestia Trevis. (1861)

All members of the genus have a fruticose growth form. The most obvious synapomorphic character which separates Oropogon from the rest of the family is the large brown, muriform ascospores (i.e. with transverse and longitudinal walls) that occur singly in each ascus.^[4]

Species

• Oropogon aliphaticus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon americanus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon asiaticus Asahina (1937)
• Oropogon atranorinus Essl. (1981)
• Oropogon barbaticus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon bicolor Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon bolivianus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon byssaceus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon caespitosus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon cinereus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon colibor Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon diffractaicus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon evernicus Essl. & S.D.Leav. (2013)^[5]
• Oropogon fissuratus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon formosanus Asahina (1952)
• Oropogon granulosus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon halei Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon herzogii Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon imperforatus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon lateralis Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon lopezii Essl. (1981)
• Oropogon lorobic Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon loxensis (Fée) Zukal (1895)
• Oropogon macilentus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon maurus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon mexicanus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon orientalis (Gyeln.) Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon parietinus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon pendulus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon protocetraricus S.D.Leav. & Essl. (2013)^[5]
• Oropogon pseudoloxensis Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon salazinicus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon satoanus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon secalonicus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon sperlingii Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon striatulus Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon tanakae Asahina (1952)
• Oropogon venezuelensis Essl. (1989)
• Oropogon yunnanensis Essl. (1989)

References

1. "Synonymy: Oropogon Th. Fr., Gen. Heterolich. Eur.: 49 (1861)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
3. Crespo, A.; Lumbsch, H. T.; Mattsson, J. E.; Blanco, O.; Divakar, P. K.; Articus, K.; Wiklund, E.; Bawingan, P. A.; Wedin, M. (2007). "Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (2): 812–824. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.029. PMID 17276700.
4. Esslinger, T. L. (1989). "Systematics of Oropogon (Alectoriaceae) in the New World". Systematic Botany Monographs. 28: 1–111. doi:10.2307/25027728. JSTOR 25027728.
5. Leavitt, Steven D.; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Nelsen, Matthew P.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2013). "Further species diversity in Neotropical Oropogon (Lecanoromycetes: Parmeliaceae) in Central America". The Lichenologist. 45 (4): 553–564. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000212. S2CID 84144406.