Lasallia

Lasallia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae. The genus contains 12 species with a widespread, but predominantly temperate distribution.[1] Phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA has shown that the genus is monophyletic.[2]

Lasallia
L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia
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Lasallia

Mérat (1821)
Type species
Lasallia pustulata
(L.) Mérat (1821)
Species

12, including:

High performance liquid chromatography analysis of eleven Lasallia species revealed a number of secondary metabolites in this genus, including gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, umbilicaric acid, 7-chloroemodin, valsarin, skyrin, hiascic acid, and ovoic acid.[3]

References

  1. Bisby GR; Ainsworth GC; Kirk PM; Aptroot André. (2001). Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi / by P. M. Kirk... [et al.]; with the assistance of A. Aptroot... [et al.] Oxon: CAB International. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5.
  2. Ivanova, Natalia V; Depriest, Paula T; Bobrova, Vera K; Troitsky, Alexey V (2007). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lichen Family Umbilicariaceae based on nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA Sequences". The Lichenologist. 31 (5): 477. doi:10.1006/lich.1999.0223.
  3. Posner, Birgit; Feige, Guido Benno; Leuckert, Christian (1991). "Beiträge zur Chemie der Flechtengattung Lasallia Mérat" [On the Chemistry of the Lichen Genus Lasallia Merat]. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 46 (1–2): 19–27. doi:10.1515/znc-1991-1-204.


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