Cinnabaria – Facesoffungi number: FoF 13605

Cinnabaria Wilk, Pabijan & Lücking, gen. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 836184; Index Fungorum number: IF 836184; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13605;

Type species: Cinnabaria boliviana Wilk & Lücking.

Diagnosis: Thallus areolate, sublobate at margin, pale yellow orange. Apothecia immersed, disc red, contrasting against the thallus. Ascospores polarilocular, medium-sized with thin septa, 2.0‒3.5 µm thick. Similar to the members of “Caloplaca” cinnabarina group but differs in larger thallus, apothecia, and ascopores.

Etymology: The genus name refers to similarities to the members of the “Caloplaca” cinnabarina group sensu Wetmore and Kärnefelt (1999).

Distribution: The genus is so far known only from Bolivia.

Notes: –  So far, Cinnabaria boliviana is the only species included in the genus.

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