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 type, Japewiella carrollii, is an oceanic species that occurs in regions of Europe and Macaronesia.

Description

Japewiella species are crust lichens that grow on bark. The 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