Huriella flakusii
| Huriella flakusii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Huriella |
| Species: | H. flakusii
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| Binomial name | |
| Huriella flakusii Wilk (2020)
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Holotype: Valle del Colca, Peru
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Huriella flakusii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It is found in the Colca Canyon region of southern Peru.
Taxonomy
The species was described in 2020 from semi-desert localities in the Arequipa Region, and the epithet honors the Polish lichenologist Adam Flakus. DNA data place it in the subfamily Xanthorioideae (Amundsenia–Squamulea group), as sister to Huriella loekoesiana from South Korea.[2]
Description
The thallus is orange and squamulose (made of small scales), sometimes strongly reduced, and it lacks soredia and isidia. Apothecia (fruiting bodies) are abundant and often crowded together, typically 0.2–1.0 mm wide, with a reddish disc and a double margin. The thallus and apothecial tissues react K+ (purple) due to anthraquinone pigments. Ascospores are polarilocular and broadly ellipsoid, measuring 10–15 × 5.0–9.5 μm with a septum that is 2–4 μm. Pycnidia are immersed in the thallus and produce bacilliform conidia 3–4 × 1 μm.[2]
Habitat and distribution
Huriella flakusii grows on siliceous rock in open, arid montane habitats at about 3,310–3,500 m (10,860–11,480 ft) elevation, and is known only from a few collections near Achoma and Cabanaconde in the Colca Canyon area.[2]
References
- ^ "Huriella flakusii Wilk". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ a b c Wilk, Karina (2020). "Huriella flakusii (Teloschistaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new species from the Colca Canyon region in Peru". The Lichenologist. 52 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000458.