Cephalodiate Arten der GattungLecidea sensu lato (Ascomycetes lichenisati)

(1) The ability to produce cephalodia is usually a genus-specific character in lichens. (2)Lecidea shushanii Thoms., is a member of the genusTephromela, closely related toT. aglaea. It is not clear, whether or not the cephalodia of this taxon are true cephalodia or colonies of epiphytic cyanobacteria and whether or notLecidea shushanii is an independent species. (3)Lecidea dovrensis Nyl., is, in contrast to the traditional concept, not conspecific withLecidea alpestris Sommerf., but an earlier name forLecidea pallida Th. Fr. (4)Lecidea dovrensis is described in some detail. Chemically the species is characterized by the presence of isousnic acid (previously unknown in lecideoid lichens). It is restricted to areas north of the 60th parallel with an oceanic climate. (5) In connection with the attempt to clarify the taxonomic relationships ofLecidea dovrensis, figures of ascus apical structures of the following species are given (marked by an asterisk are genera where we found discrepancies with published data):Austrolecia antarctica, Catillaria chalybeia, Lecidea alpestris, L. caesioatra, L. limosa, Lecidoma demissum, Koerberiella wimmeriana, Micarea assimilata, M. crassipes, M. melaenida, M. prasina, Pilophorus robustus, Placodiella olivacea, Placolecis opaca, Porpidia trullisata, Protoblastenia rupestris, Psilolechia lucida, Psorula rufonigra, Squamarina gypsacea, Xanthopsorella texana. (6) Among crustaceous lichens we find no groups related toLecidea dovrensis. We supportTimal's concept of including this species in the genusPilophorus. Pilophorus, as well asLecidea dovrensis is characterized by the same ascus type, by a similar structure of thallus, cephalodia, paraphyses, and ascocarp (although there is no pseudopodetium developed inLecidea dovrensis), and the presence of isousnic acid. In addition, both taxa are restricted to cool oceanic climates and non-calciferous substrates. The following combination is proposed:Pilophorus dovrensis (Nyl.)Timdal, Hertel & Rambold, comb. nova. (7) The species of theLecidea alpestris-group form an independent genus, probably near toAustrolecia Hertel.

Frau Prof. Dr.Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess zu ihrem 70. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

西藏块菌属的分类研究

首次报道产于西藏的块菌属３种,包括２个新种和１个新记录种。新种是刘氏块菌ＴｕｂｅｒｌｉｕｉＡ．Ｓ．Ｘｕｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．和西藏块菌ＴｕｂｅｒｘｉｚａｎｇｅｎｓｅＡ．Ｓ．Ｘｕｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,新记录种是少孢块菌Ｔｕｂｅｒｏｌｉｇｏｓｐｅｒｍｕｍ（Ｔｕｌ．＆Ｃ．Ｔｕｌ．）Ｔｒａｐｐｅ．标本全部保存于西藏高原生态研究所标本室（ＨＸＺＥ）。     

The Phylogeny of the Families Lecanoraceae and Bacidiaceae (Lichenized Ascomycota) Inferred from Nuclear SSU rDNA Sequences

Abstract: The phylogeny of the families Lecanoraceae and Bacidiaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) was investigated using 29 nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences, 9 of which were newly determined. The data set contained 368 variable characters, 234 of which were parsimony-informative. Phylogenetic estimations were performed with maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood optimality criteria. In the most parsimonious and most likely reconstructions, the Bacidiaceae sensu Hafellner 1988 forms a monophyletic group and the Lecanoraceae sensu Hafellner a paraphyletic group. The genera Tephromela and Scoliciosporum appear to belong outside these families. However, the hypothesis that the Lecanoraceae sensu Hafellner is monophyletic cannot be rejected, as indicated by a Kishino-Hasegawa test. Three hypotheses were rejected by Kishino-Hasegawa tests, viz. (1) that the Lecanoraceae and Bacidiaceae together form a monophyletic group; (2) that both the Lecanoraceae (incl. Scoliciosporum ) and Bacidiaceae (incl. Tephromela ) are monophyletic; and (3) that the ascus apex anatomy reflects phylogeny. The suborder Lecanorineae is paraphyletic unless the Stereocaulaceae and Cladoniaceae are included. One or both of the Bacidia and Lecanora types of ascus have probably evolved at least twice.     

子囊菌石耳目同源生物系统学

生物系统学亦即演化生物学或生物分类学,其目的在于为人类可持续发展中的生物资源研发提供生物信息。以单基因和多基因片段为基础的系统树分析难以获得同一祖先后代的单系类群。同源生物系统学是以共同祖先遗传的基因型和表型为基础进行的分析,是探明单系类群的最佳途径。同源性分析结果表明,石耳亚纲具有一条同源序列S及6种彼此相近的子囊顶器结构,其中包括石耳目以及未定位的5个属。石耳目包括一条同源序列O及石耳型子囊顶器结构。石耳科具有一条同源序列F及脐叶型地衣体。其中疱脐衣属具有一条同源序列L及疱状脐叶体与单孢子囊,石耳属具有一条同源序列U与非疱状脐叶体和八孢子囊。边缘种宾州疱脐衣除具有疱脐衣属同源序列L及疱状脐叶体内含单孢子囊以外,还兼具石耳属同源序列U以及疱狀脐叶体下表偶见气生根;而边缘种卡罗里石耳除具有石耳属同源序列U及非疱状脐叶体内含八孢子囊以外,还兼具疱脐衣属同源序列L以及疱脐衣属特有的砖壁型子囊孢子。     

Euopsis and Harpidium,Genera of the Lichinaceae (Lichenes) with Rostrate Asci*

Based on corresponding ascocarp ontogeny and thallus structure, the genera Euopsis and Harpidium are included in the family Lichinaceae. In the two species of Euopsis, E. granatina and E. pulvinata, the apothecia develop from ascogonia in generative tissue, while in H. rutilans they are pycnoascocarps. In thallus anatomy, the species of Euopsis resemble Pyrenopsis haematopsis and allied species, while H. rutilans corresponds in structure and development of the thallus and apothecia to Pyrenopsis haemaleella (syn. P. sphinctotricha). H. rutilans is the first member of Lichinaceae known to have only a green algal symbiont. In E. granatina, two phycobionts are always present, a species of Gloeocapsa and a chlorococcalean alga. In Euopsis and Harpidium, the ascus wall is composed of an outer, non-expansible and an inner, expansible layer; the latter surrounds the protoplast as an amyloid collar, which expands during spore release into a long, tapering rostrum. In Euopsis, the outer wall layer is strongly amyloid and the upper part separated from the expanded amyloid rostrum by a non-amyloid zone, appearing like a slit in LM studies. The ultrastructure and function of the ascus in E. granatina has been studied in TEM and is interpreted as functionally unitunicate-rostrate. Unitunicate asci with short rostrum are described for P. haemaleella and P. haematopsis.     

Fungal cannons: explosive spore discharge in the Ascomycota

The ascomycetous fungi produce prodigious amounts of spores through both asexual and sexual reproduction. Their sexual spores (ascospores) develop within tubular sacs called asci that act as small water cannons and expel the spores into the air. Dispersal of spores by forcible discharge is important for dissemination of many fungal plant diseases and for the dispersal of many saprophytic fungi. The mechanism has long been thought to be driven by turgor pressure within the extending ascus; however, relatively little genetic and physiological work has been carried out on the mechanism. Recent studies have measured the pressures within the ascus and quantified the components of the ascus epiplasmic fluid that contribute to the osmotic potential. Few species have been examined in detail, but the results indicate diversity in ascus function that reflects ascus size, fruiting body type, and the niche of the particular species.     

Ultrastructure of asci and ascospores of the mangrove ascomyceteDactylospora haliotrepha

Ultrastructure of the marine LoculoascomyceteDactylospora heliotrepha is presented and compared withMarinosphaera mangrovei, Swampomyces armeniacus and other marine species. Ascospores are bi-celled and ridged. The ridges are outgrowths of the outer mesosporial layer and formed later in ascosporogenesis. The exosporial layer fragments to release mucilaginous material present between the spore wall ridges. Asci and pseudoparaphyses are held together by a fibrillar mucilaginous network. The endoascus is thicker than the ectoascus. Comparisons are made of the diameter of ascomata, size of asci and ascospores ofD. heliotrepha collected from mangroves in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan.     

Ultrastructural observations of asci, ascospores and appendages ofMassarina armatispora (Ascomycota)

Massarina armatispora (Ascomycota, Dothideales, Lophiostomataceae) is described for the first time at the ultrastructural level. Two new structures were observed for this species. Firstly, the ascospores were shown to possess polar chambers formed from the episporium and which contained a fibrillar material and secondly, a lateral fibrillar appendage-like structure. The similarities between marine ascomycetesMassarina armatispora, Massarina thalassiae andParaliomyces lentiferus are discussed.     

Origin and Evolution of the Lichenized Ascomycete Order Lichinales: Monophyly and Systematic Relationships Inferred from Ascus, Fruiting Body and SSU rDNA Evolution

Abstract: The Lichinales are a group of lichenized ascomycetes that almost exclusively possess cyanobacteria as their primary photobiont and are hitherto separated from the Lecanorales, the major group of lichenized ascomycetes, by thallus structure, ascoma ontogeny, ascus structure and ascus function. The relationship of the two families Peltulaceae and Lichinaceae, both placed within the Lichinales, with the Heppiaceae, placed within the Lecanorales, was investigated, as well as a possible sister group relationship of the Lichinales to the Lecanorales. Phylogenetic analyses included non-molecular data as well as 18S rDNA sequence data. The monophyly of the Lichinales including the family Heppiaceae and a sister group relationship of Lichinales and Lecanorales, based on the shared presence of lecanoralean asci, are proposed in a morphological hypothesis. Parsimony and distance analyses of 18S rDNA sequence data strongly support the monophyly of the Lichinales, including all three families. Therefore, the presence of rostrate, lecanoralean asci in Peltula and part of the Lichinaceae suggests that this ascus type is an autapomorphy of the monophyletic Lichinales. Furthermore, the occurrence of prototunicate asci in the Heppiaceae and most of the Lichinaceae is autapomorphic and was gained independently by reduction of the rostrate ascus. The 18S rDNA analysis did not reject the non-molecular hypothesis of a sister group relationship of the Lichinales and the Lecanorales as based on ascus characters. The alternative placement of the Lichinales as the sister group of all inoperculate euascomycetes excluding the Sordariomycetes and most of the Leotiales in the gene tree received unsufficient bootstrap support and no support from any non-molecular data and consequently was rejected.     

内蒙古贺兰山某块菌的形态解剖学与分子生物学研究

利用形态解剖学和分子生物学方法,对采自内蒙古贺兰山地区实验样地青海云杉林下的块菌两菌株（菌株a和b）进行分析鉴定。研究发现：（1）两菌株子囊果均为黄褐色,表面光滑,没有明显的疣状突起和棱角。（2）菌株a产孢组织乳白色、致密团状,菌肉组织褐色;球形、棒状子囊呈蜂窝状排布,内含有1～4个带包被的、表面具有突起状纹饰的球型子囊孢子;子囊孢子双层壁,厚约1.7 μｍ,直径约20 μｍ（含纹饰）。（3）菌株b产孢组织有裂隙,松散,子实层内除了具有上述蜂窝状排布的子囊和内部的球型孢子外,还具有“口袋”状子囊,该子囊内含有大量两端尖、外壁光滑、褐色的椭球型孢子。（4）分子生物学进化分析表明,两菌株聚为一支,但属于块菌属的支持率相对较低;推断两菌株可能为中国猪块菌属Choiromyces新记录种。