Golubkovia

Golubkovia
in the San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Golubkovia S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix , A.Thell & Hur (2014)
Species:	G. trachyphylla
Binomial name
Golubkovia trachyphylla ( Tuck. ) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell, J.Kim, M.H.Jeong, N.N.Yu, A.S.Kondr. & Hur (2014)
Synonyms[1]
Caloplaca elegans var. trachyphylla (Tuck.) Fink (1935) Caloplaca trachyphylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr. (1931) Placodium elegans var. trachyphyllum Tuck. (1882) Xanthomendoza trachyphylla (Tuck.) Frödén (2013)

Golubkovia is a single-species fungal

The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by the lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Ingvar Kärnefelt, John Elix, Arne Thell, and Jae-Seoun Hur. The generic name honours Russian lichenologist Nina Golubkova (1932–2009), who, according to the authors, "made important contributions to lichenology in northern Eurasia".^[2] In North America, "sunny straps" is one vernacular name that has been proposed for the species.^[3]

Golubkovia belongs to a clade contains the genus Xanthomendoza, with which it shares the characteristic of having a well-developed, thick layer of plectenchyma in the medulla. Unlike Xanthomendoza, Golubkovia does not have a lower cortical layer, it has an upper cortical layer that is scleroplectenchymatous, and it has a prosoplectenchymatous true exciple (the ring-shaped layer surrounding the hymenium). Additionally, the lichen is attached differently to its substrate.^[2]

Habitat and distribution

Golubkovia trachyphylla is a widely distributed lichen found in Asia and North America, where it