# Amandinea

Amandinea is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Genetic studies indicates that the genus Amandinea and Buellia are the same, although this is not widely accepted.

## Taxonomy

The genus was originally circumscribed by Maurice Choisy in 1950, with Amandinea coniops assigned as the type species. However, the name was published invalidly because it was not accompanied by a Latin description or diagnosis, a requirement of the nomenclatural rules of the time. Christoph Scheidegger and Helmut Mayrhofer published the genus name validly in 1993. The generic name honours French Madame Amandine Manière, an acquaintance of Choisy.

## Species

As of November 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 94 species of Amandinea.
* Amandinea analgifera (Aptroot & Diederich) Elix (2019)
* Amandinea antipodensis Elix (2017)
* Amandinea augusta (Vain.) Søchting & Øvstedal (2004)
* Amandinea australasica Blaha, H.Mayrhofer & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea austroconiops Elix & Kantvilas (2016)
* Amandinea babingtonii (Hook. f. & Taylor) Søchting & Øvstedal (2004)
* Amandinea bittangabeensis Elix & P.M.McCarthy (2020)
* Amandinea brugierae (Vain.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea brunneola Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2016)
* Amandinea brussei Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2021)
* Amandinea cacuminum (Th.Fr.) H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (2002)
* Amandinea clearyi Elix & Øvstedal (2020)
* Amandinea conglomerata Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea coniops (Wahlenb.) M.Choisy ex Scheid. & H.Mayrhofer (1993)
* Amandinea conranensis Elix & P.M.McCarthy (2017)
* Amandinea crassiuscula Giralt & Etayo (2000)
* Amandinea decedens (Nyl.) Blaha, H.Mayrhofer & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea delangei Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2021)
* Amandinea deminuta Hafellner (2004)
* Amandinea destituta Elix & Kantvilas (2016)
* Amandinea devilliersiana Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea diorista (Nyl.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea discreta (Darb.) Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2018)
* Amandinea dudleyensis Kantvilas & Elix (2013)
* Amandinea efflorescens (Müll.Arg.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea endochroa (Malme) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea errata Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea extenuata (Müll. Arg.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea falklandica (Darb.) Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea feraxioides Elix & Kantvilas (2017)
* Amandinea fouquieriensis (Bungartz) Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea fuscoatratula (Zahlbr.) Elix (2015)
* Amandinea hnatiukii Elix (2017)
* Amandinea hypohyalina Elix & P.M.McCarthy (2020)
* Amandinea hypopallida Elix (2017)
* Amandinea hypostictica (Elix) Elix (2018)
* Amandinea incrustans (J.Steiner) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea isabellina Søchting & Øvstedal (2004)
* Amandinea julianeae H.Mayrhofer & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea langloisii Imshaug ex Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea latemarginata (Darb.) Søchting & Øvstedal (2004)
* Amandinea lecideina (H.Mayrhofer & Poelt) Scheid. & H.Mayrhofer (1993)
* Amandinea lignicola Tønsberg & A.Nordin (2012)
* Amandinea litoralis (Zahlbr.) H.Mayrhofer & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea lobarica Giralt, van den Boom & Elix (2015)
* Amandinea madeirensis van den Boom, Elix & Giralt (2020) – Portugal
* Amandinea maritima Giralt, van den Boom & Elix (2011)
* Amandinea mediospora Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea megaspora Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea melaxanthella (Nyl.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea meridionalis Elix (2022)
* Amandinea microsticta (Meyen & Flot.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea montana (H.Magn.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea mountmeensis Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2020)
* Amandinea myrticola Giralt, van den Boom & Elix (2011)
* Amandinea nana Elix & P.M.McCarthy (2018)
* Amandinea natalensis (Vain.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea nebulosa (Elix & Kantvilas) Elix & Kantvilas (2016)
* Amandinea neoconglomerata Elix (2017)
* Amandinea nitrophila (Zahlbr.) Elix (2015)
* Amandinea occidentalis Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea okainensis Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2018)
* Amandinea oleicola (Nyl.) Giralt & van den Boom (2012)
* Amandinea ornata H.Mayrhofer & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea otagensis (Zahlbr.) Blaha, Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2016)
* Amandinea pelidna (Ach.) Fryday & Arcadia (2012)
* Amandinea petermannii (Hue) Matzer, H.Mayrhofer & Scheid. (1994)
* Amandinea pilbarensis Elix (2020)
* Amandinea pillagaensis Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea polyspora (Willey) E.Lay & P.F.May (1997)
* Amandinea polyxanthonica (Elix) Elix (2019)
* Amandinea porulosa (Müll. Arg.) Elix (2015)
* Amandinea prospersa (Nyl.) Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2017)
* Amandinea prothallinata Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2017)
* Amandinea pseudomultispora S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2015)
* Amandinea puertomonttensis Elix, H.Mayrhofer & J.M.Rodr. (2018)
* Amandinea punctata (Hoffm.) Coppins & Scheid. (1993)
* Amandinea rangitatensis Elix & H.Mayrhofer (2017)
* Amandinea ropinii H.Mayrhofer, Ropin & Elix (2016)
* Amandinea santantaoensis Elix & van den Boom (2022)
* Amandinea skottsbergii (J.Steiner & Zahlbr.) Şenkard. (2010)
* Amandinea stajsicii Elix & Kantvilas (2013)
* Amandinea subbadioatra (C.Knight) Elix & Kantvilas (2016)
* Amandinea subcervina (Nyl.) Elix (2017)
* Amandinea subduplicata (Vain.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea submontana Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea subplicata (Nyl.) Øvstedal (2001)
* Amandinea trassii S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2016)
* Amandinea tristiuscula (Nyl.) Elix (2019)
* Amandinea turgescens (Tuck.) Marbach (2000)
* Amandinea variabilis Elix, Blaha & H.Mayrhofer (2016)
* Amandinea vitellina Blaha, Elix & Mavhofer (2016)
* Amandinea wagoorooensis Elix (2022)
* Amandinea windmillensis Elix (2019)
* Amandinea xylographella (Nyl.) Marbach (2000)

## Gallery

* Amandinea polyspora
* Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium from A. punctata taken through a compound microscope, x400. (The exciple is uniformly pigmented dark brown; the epihymenium is brown; the hypothecium is brown black.)
* Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of A. polyspora through a compound microscope (x1000) showing 25+ spores per ascus
* Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium of A. punctata taken through a compound microscope (x1000), showing 8 brown 1-septate spores per ascus.