{{Short description|Genus of lichens}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Bibbya | authority = J.H.Willis (1956) | type_species = ''Bibbya muelleri'' | type_species_authority = (F.Wilson) J.H.Willis (1956) }}
'''''Bibbya''''' is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/>
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed in 1956 by Australian botanist James Hamlyn Willis, with ''Bibbya muelleri'' assigned as the type species.<ref name="Willis 1956"/> The generic name honours Patrick Noel Sumner Bibby (1907–1955), a colleague with whom Willis had collaborated, and who had died the year previously.<ref name="Filson 1976"/>
In 1992, Einer Timdal included ''Bibbya'' in ''Toninia''.<ref name="Timdal 1992"/> The genus was resurrected in 2018 after a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the family Ramalinaceae. The authors transferred several species previously placed in genus ''Toninia'', as well as one previously placed in ''Bacidia''.<ref name="Kistenich et al. 2018"/>
==Description== ''Bibbya'' is characterized by the presence of a reddish-brown pigment in the epithecium (the tissue layer above the asci) and in the rim of the exciple (the ring-like structure surrounding the apothecium). The thallus varies in form from crustose to squamulose or bullate (covered with rounded swellings like blisters). The ascospores range in shape from ellipsoid with a single septum, to filiform (threadlike) with multiple septa.<ref name="Kistenich et al. 2018"/>
==Species== The following list gives the species of ''Bibbya'', followed by their taxonomic authority (standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication (or year transferred to the genus ''Bibbya''), and type locality. *''Bibbya albomarginata'' {{small|(H.Kilias & Gotth.Schneid.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)}} – Peru *''Bibbya australis'' {{small|(Timdal) Timdal (2018)}} – South Australia *''Bibbya austroafricana'' {{small|(Timdal) Timdal (2018)}} – Lesotho *''Bibbya bullata'' {{small|(Meyen & Flot.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)}} – Chile/Peru *''Bibbya glaucocarpa'' {{small|(Timdal) Timdal (2018)}} – Australian Capital Territory *''Bibbya hosseusiana'' {{small|(Gyeln.) Timdal (2018)}} – Córdoba, Argentina *''Bibbya lutosa'' {{small|(Ach.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)}} – Switzerland *''Bibbya muelleri'' {{small|(F.Wilson) J.H.Willis (1956)}} – Victoria (Australia) *''Bibbya ruginosa'' {{small|(Tuck.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)}} – Oakland Hills, Oakland, California *''Bibbya subcircumspecta'' {{small|(Coppins) S.Ekman (2018)}} – Scotland *''Bibbya vermifera'' {{small|(Nyl.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S.Ekman (2018)}} – Sweden
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Filson 1976">{{cite journal |last1=Filson |first1=Rex |authorlink=Rex Filson |year=1976 |title=Australian lichenology: A brief history |journal=Muelleria |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=183–190 |doi=10.5962/p.171922 |s2cid=250997040 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824729|doi-access=free }}</ref>
<ref name="Kistenich et al. 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Kistenich |first1=Sonja |last2=Timdal |first2=Einar |last3=Bendiksby |first3=Mika |last4=Ekman |first4=Stefan |title=Molecular systematics and character evolution in the lichen family Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanorales) |journal=Taxon |volume=67 |issue=5 |year=2018 |pages=871–904 |doi=10.12705/675.1 |hdl=10852/67955 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name="Timdal 1992">{{cite book |last1=Timdal |first1=E. |year=1992 |title=A monograph of the genus ''Toninia'' (Lecideaceae, Ascomycetes) |series=Opera Botanica |volume= 110 |pages=1–137}}</ref>
<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=Laith Khalil Tawfeeq |last3=Al-Ani |last4=Somayeh |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
<ref name="Willis 1956">{{cite journal |last1=Willis |first1=J.H. |year=1956 |title=A new genus of alpine lichens |journal=Victorian Naturalist |volume=73 |pages=125–128 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40965617}}</ref>
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Category:Ramalinaceae Category:Lichen genera Category:Lecanorales genera Category:Taxa described in 1956 Category:Taxa named by James Hamlyn Willis