Kroswia

Short description: Genus of lichens

Kroswia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Lecanoromycetes
Order:  | Peltigerales
Family:  | Pannariaceae
Genus:  | Kroswia
P.M.Jørg. (2002)
Type species
Kroswia crystallifera

P.M.Jørg. (2002)

Species

K. crystallifera
K. epispora
K. gemmascens
K. polydactyla

Kroswia is a genus of lichens in the family Pannariaceae. It consists of four paleotropical species: K. epispora, K. gemmascens, K. polydactyla, and the type, K. crystallifera. Species in the genus are characterized by their gelatinous, homoiomerous (uniform in structure, without differentiation into distinct tissues), and ecorticate (without a cortex) thallus. The ascocarps contain terpenoids and fatty acids.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen in 2002.[2]

The genus name Kroswia honours Hildur Krog (1922–2014), who was a Norwegian botanist and Thomas Douglas Victor Swinscow (1917–1992), a British writer, editor and physician.[3][4]

## References

1. ↑ Liu, H.-J.; Hu, J.-S.; Li, C. (2015). "The lichen genus Kroswia in China". Mycotaxon 130 (4): 951–959. doi:10.5248/130.951.
2. ↑ Jørgensen, P.M. (2002). "Kroswia, a new genus in the Pannariaceae (lichenized ascomycetes)". The Lichenologist 34 (4): 297–303. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0401.
3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. ↑ Smith, Redmond (5 October 1992). "Obituary: Dr Douglas Swinscow" (in en). The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dr-douglas-swinscow-1555795.html.

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