Macroconstrictolumina malaccitula – Facesoffungi number: FoF 08801

Macroconstrictolumina malaccitula (Nyl.) Lücking, R. Miranda & Aptroot comb. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 836792; Index Fungorum number: IF 836792; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08801.

Bas.: Verrucaria malaccitula Nyl. in Nylander & Crombie, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 61 (1883); Arthopyrenia malaccitula (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univers. 1: 284 (1921); Constrictolumina malaccitula (Nyl.) Lücking, M.P. Nelsen & Aptroot in Aptroot & Lücking, Lichenologist 48: 921 (2016).

= Tomasellia dispora Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 70: 427 (1887).

= Arthopyrenia bifera Zahlbr., Annls mycol. 33(1/2): 34 (1935).

= Megalotremis biocellata Aptroot, Biblthca Lichenol.44: 125 (1991).

Notes: This species is being discussed in detail in the Monoblastiaceae treatment of this issue (Lücking et al. in this paper), based on the finding that Megalotremis biocellata, previously classified in a genus belonging to Monoblastiaceae, was found to be conspecific with M. malaccitula.