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New genera in the lichenized family Gomphillaceae (Ascomycota: Graphidales) focusing on neotropical taxa

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Previous molecular phylogenetic analysis in comparison with phenotype characters of Gomphillaceae resolved a total of 38 genus-level clades among the studied species, 17 of which in need to be recognized and formally established as new or reinstated genera. The four reinstated genus names, including one validation, are Microxyphiomyces Bat., Valle & Peres, Psathyromyces Bat. & Peres, Spinomyces Bat. & Peres ex Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., and Sporocybomyces H. Maia. The remaining 13 are newly described: Adelphomyces Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Aptrootidea Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Aulaxinella Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Batistomyces Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Bezerroplaca Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Caleniella Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Monocalenia Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Pseudocalenia Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Roselviria Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Santricharia Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Sipmanidea Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., Verruciplaca Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov., and Vezdamyces Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, gen. nov. The following 53 new combinations are introduced for the species included in the new and reinstated genera: Adelphomyces cochlearifer (Lücking & Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. epithallina (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. parvula (Hafellner & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Aptrootidea amapensis (Bat. & Poroca) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. atrofusca (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. atromuralis (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. marginata (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. triseptata (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. wilsoniorum (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Aulaxinella corticola (Kalb & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. minuta (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., A. multiseptata (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Batistomyces pallidus (Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., B. hyalinus (Kalb & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Bezerroplaca fusconitida (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., B. incrustatociliata (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., B. lucernifera (Kalb & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., B. pachyparaphysata (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., B. streimannii (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Caleniella maculans (Vain.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., C. triseptata (Zahlbr.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Microxyphiomyces cuneatus (L.I. Ferraro & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. demoulinii (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. elegans (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. kashiwadanii (G. Thor, Lücking & Tat. Matsumoto) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. lancicarpus (Kalb & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. vainioi (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov. (syn.: M. manaosensis Bat., Valle & Peres.), M. santessonianus (Kalb & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. santessonii (D. Hawks.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. similis (Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., M. variratae (Lücking & Sipman) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Monocalenia monospora (Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Psathyromyces planus (Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., P. heterellus (Stirt.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Pseudocalenia solorinoides (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Roselviria lobulimarginata (Sipman & Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., R. purulhensis (Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Santricharia farinosa (R. Sant.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Sipmanidea neotropica (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. et stat nov., S. furcata (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Spinomyces aggregatus (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. et stat. nov., S. albostrigosus (Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. deslooveri (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. guatemalensis (Lücking & Barillas) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. microcarpus (Etayo & Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. verrucosus (Sérus.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Sporocybomyces leucomuralis (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. leucotrichoides (Vain.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., S. macgregorii (Vain.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Verruciplaca calcarea (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. et stat. nov., V. verrucifera (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov., Vezdamyces albopruinosus (Lücking) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. et stat. nov., and V. vulgaris (Müll. Arg.) Xavier-Leite, M. Cáceres & Lücking, comb. nov.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Elise Lebreton for the valuable input concerning the generic classification of Gomphillaceae. This article is part of the PhD thesis of Amanda Barreto Xavier Leite.

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The Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) is thanked for a PhD scholarship to ABXL. The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) is thanked for supporting the work abroad at the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin Berlin (Processo 207282/2015-3), for funding for the collecting trips (Processo 401186/2014-8), and for supporting a collaborative project with RL as Special Visiting Professor (Processo 314570/2014-4), as well as for the research grants to MESC (Processos 309058/2015-5 and 307569/2029-5) and BTG (300982/2016-3).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, CB, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Natal, RN, 59072-970, Brazil

    Amanda Barreto Xavier-Leite

  2. Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, CB, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Natal, RN, 59072-970, Brazil

    Bruno Tomio Goto

  3. Botanischer Garten Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Strasse 6–8, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Robert Lücking

  4. Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Av. Vereador Olimpio Grande, s/n, Bairro Centro, CEP 49500-000, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil

    Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres

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ABXL, BTG, RL and MESC designed the study. ABXL provided draft descriptions of the new genera and ABXL and RL made the final descriptions. ABXL and RL assembled the new species combinations and the draft manuscript. All authors revised the manuscript and agreed on its final form.

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Xavier-Leite, A.B., Goto, B.T., Lücking, R. et al. New genera in the lichenized family Gomphillaceae (Ascomycota: Graphidales) focusing on neotropical taxa. Mycol Progress 22, 88 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-023-01933-1

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