Japewiella
Japewiella is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus Japewia. The genus name of Japewia was in honour of Peter Wilfrid James, who was an English botanist. The genus was circumscribed by Christian Printzen in Bryologist vol.102 on page 715 in 1999.
The type, Japewiella carrollii, is an oceanic species that occurs in maritime regions of Europe and Macaronesia.
Description
Japewiella species are crust lichens that grow on bark. They are characterized by their biatorine apothecia, thick-walled, simple ascospores, eight-spored asci with a conspicuous masse axiale. They have a well-developed excipulum comprising branched and anastomosing, gelatinized hyphae.Species
- Japewiella carrollii Printzen – Temperate Eurasia
- Japewiella djagensis Printzen – East Asia
- Japewiella dollypartoniana J.L.Allen & Lendemer – Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America
- Japewiella pacifica Printzen – North America
- Japewiella pruinosula Kantvilas – Australia
- Japewiella tavaresiana Printzen – Eurasia, Europe
- Japewiella variabilis Elix & McCarthy – Australia