Cinnabaria
genus of fungi
Cinnabaria is a monospecific fungal genus in the family Teloschistaceae, represented by its sole species, Cinnabaria boliviana. This lichen, found only in Bolivia, is distinguished by its unique genetic signature, as well as morphological characteristics like ascospore size and other traits. Despite its resemblance to certain species from the Caloplaca cinnabarina species complex, Cinnabaria boliviana belongs to a distinct genetic lineage.
Taxonomy
The genus Cinnabaria was circumscribed by Karina Wilk, Maciej Pabijan, and Robert Lücking, who also identified and formally described its sole species, Cinnabaria boliviana. The genus name Cinnabaria alludes to its similarity to members of the Caloplaca cinnabarina species group, as defined by Clifford Wetmore and Ingvar Kärnefelt in 1999. Despite these similarities, Cinnabaria boliviana shows a closer affinity to Group II in the phylogenetic tree, while the Caloplaca cinnabarina group aligns more with Group III. The type specimen was collected from the region of Inkarraya-Sipesipe in Quillacollo Province (Cochabamba Department, Bolivia).
Description
Cinnabaria boliviana is characterised by a pale yellow-orange thallus, which is areolate and somewhat lobate at the margin. The red apothecia, contrasting sharply with the thallus, are immersed and have polarilocular ascospores of medium size and thin septa, measuring between 2.0 and 3.5 μm in thickness. This lichen exhibits notable differences from the Caloplaca cinnabarina group in the size of its thallus, apothecia, and ascospores.
Habitat and distribution
Cinnabaria boliviana is currently known only from Bolivia, where it thrives in the dry Interandean Valles.
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