Taitaia
Rolueckia is a lichen genus in the family Gomphillaceae.[1] It was circumscribed in 2018 to contain a single species, the lichenicolous fungus Taitaia aurea. This species is characterized by aggregated ascomata with yellow margins, and salmon-red discs that originate from a single base. It is found in tropical montane forests in Kenya, where it grows on thalli of the lichen Crocodia.[2]
| Taitaia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Ostropales |
| Family: | Gomphillaceae |
| Genus: | Taitaia Suija, Kaasalainen, Kirika & Rikkinen (2018) |
| Species: | T. aurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Taitaia aurea Suija, Kaasalainen, Kirika & Rikkinen (2018) | |
References
- Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; 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.
- Suija, Ave; Kaasalainen, Ulla; Kirika, Paul Mugai; Rikkinen, Jouko (2018). "Taitaia, a novel lichenicolous fungus in tropical montane forests in Kenya (East Africa)". The Lichenologist. 50 (2): 173–184. doi:10.1017/S0024282918000026. hdl:10138/298260.
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