{{Short description|Genus of lichens}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Traponora | authority = Aptroot (1997) | type_species = ''Traponora asterella'' | type_species_authority = Aptroot (1997) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =''T. asterella''<br /> ''T. flavothallina''<br /> ''T. fusca''<br /> ''T. globosa''<br /> ''T. macrospora''<br /> ''T. pallida''<br /> ''T. varians'' }}
'''''Traponora''''' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae.<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/> The genus was circumscribed in 2009 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot, with the Papua New Guinean ''Traponora asterella'' assigned as the type, and at that time, only species.<ref name="Aptroot et al. 1997"/> Four newly described species were added to the genus in a 2009 publication,<ref name="Aptroot 2009"/> a species formerly in ''Pyrrhospora'' was transferred to the genus in 2017,<ref name="Kalb & Kalb 2017"/> and a new species from Australia added in 2018.<ref name="Kalb & Aptroot 2018"/> ''Traponora'' lichens are predominantly from Australasia, with all species but one known to occur in Papua New Guinea.<ref name="Aptroot 2010"/>
==Description== ''Traponora'' species are small, inconspicuous lichens that grow on trees, and are often overlooked because of their diminutive size—with a thallus typically less than {{convert|2|cm|in|abbr=on|1}}. ''Traponora'' produces small, lecideoid apothecia, meaning they lack algae and an amphithecium, and are typically black with a carbonaceous exciple (rim) and blackish disc. The apothecia often have a ragged margin, like those of genus ''Trapelia'', for which the genus are named. The asci are of the ''Lecanora''-type, and the ascospores are simple and thick walled. Although the genus has been tentatively assigned to the family Lecanoraceae owing to similarities in ascus structure, its true phylogenetic affiliations are not yet known with certainty.<ref name="Aptroot 2009"/>
==Species== {{As of|2021|November}}, Species Fungorum accepts seven species of ''Traponora''.<ref name="CoL-Species Fungorum"/>
*''Traponora asterella'' {{small|Aptroot (1997)}} – pantropical *''Traponora flavothallina'' {{small|Kalb & Aptroot (2018)}}<ref name="Kalb & Aptroot 2018"/> – Australia *''Traponora fusca'' {{small|Aptroot (2010)}}<ref name="Aptroot 2010"/> – Taiwan; Philippines *''Traponora globosa'' {{small|Aptroot (2010)}}<ref name="Aptroot 2010"/> – Papua New Guinea *''Traponora macrospora'' {{small|Aptroot (2010)}}<ref name="Aptroot 2010"/> – Papua New Guinea *''Traponora pallida'' {{small|Aptroot (2010)}}<ref name="Aptroot 2010"/> – Papua New Guinea *''Traponora varians'' {{small|(Ach.) J.Kalb & Kalb (2017)}}<ref name="Kalb & Kalb 2017"/> – Thailand
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Aptroot et al. 1997">{{cite book |last1=Aptroot |first1=André |last2=Diederich |first2=Paul |last3=Sérusiaux |first3=Emmanuel |last4=Sipman |first4=Harrie J.M. |year=1997 |title=Lichens and lichenicolous fungi from New Guinea |series=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |volume=64 |page=199 |publisher=J. Cramer |location=Berlin/Stuttgart |isbn=978-3-443-58043-8}}</ref>
<ref name="Aptroot 2009">{{cite book |last1=Aptroot |first1=A. |year=2009 |chapter=The lichen genus ''Traponora'' |series=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |title=Diversity of Lichenology – Anniversary Volume |volume=100 |pages=21–30 |publisher=J. Cramer |isbn=978-3-443-58079-7}}</ref>
<ref name="Aptroot 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Aptroot |first1=A. |year=2010 |title=Validation of ''Traponora'' species |journal=Australasian Lichenology |volume=66 |page=58 |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/AL_66.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="CoL-Species Fungorum">{{cite web |author=Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+ |title=''Traponora'' |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/63VQJ |work=Catalog of Life Version 2021-11-09 |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Kalb & Kalb 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Kalb |first1=J. |last2=Kalb |first2=K. |year=2017 |title=New lichen species from Thailand, new combinations and new additions to the Thai lichen biota |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=332 |issue=2 |pages=141–156|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.332.2.2 }}</ref>
<ref name="Kalb & Aptroot 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Kalb |first1=K. |last2=Aptroot |first2=A. |year=2018 |title=Six new lichen species from Australia |journal=Australasian Lichenology |volume=82 |pages=84–91 |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/AL82.pdf}}</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>
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Category:Lecanoraceae Category:Lecanorales genera Category:Lichen genera Category:Taxa named by André Aptroot Category:Taxa described in 1997