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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Phycopeltis
Millardet
1870; 24 of 36 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Trentepohliales; Family Trentepohliaceae
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Morphology:
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Dichotomously branched filaments forming openly-branched to
pseudoparen-chymatously discoidal thalli up to 7 mm diameter. Often
golden-brown, orange or orange-red (from cytoplasmic accumulations of
carotenoids and other lipids).
Circumtropical and subtropical, with few species in temperate regions.
Thalli generally noninvasive, supracuticular epiphytes of leaves, fruits and
stems of vascular plants, but also reported from nonliving substrates. As in
related genera Cephaleuros and Trentepohlia, Phycopeltis is often lichenized.
(Guiry and Guiry 2013). |
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Similar
genera:
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Cephaleuros and Trentepohlia |
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Habitat:
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Terrestrial, epiphytic on
leaves, fruits and stems of vascular plants as well as nonliving substrates
(Guiry and Guiry). |
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References:
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Millardet, M.A. 1870.
De la
germination des zygospores dans les genres Closterium et sur un genre nouveau
d'algues chlorosporées. Mémoires
de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Strasbourg 6: 37-51, 1 pl. |
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