Lasallia

Lasallia
L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Family: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Lasallia
Mérat (1821)
Type species
Lasallia pustulata
(L.) Mérat (1821)
Species

12, including:

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 ITS DNA has shown that the genus is monophyletic.[2]

An HPLC analysis of eleven Lasallia species revealed a number of secondary metabolites in this genus, including: gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, umbilicaric acid, 7-chloroemodin, valsarin and 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 0-85199-377-X.
  2. Ivanova NV, DePriest PT, Bobrova VK, Troitsky AV. (1999). Phylogenetic analysis of the lichen family Umbilicariaceae based on nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA sequences. Lichenologist 31(5): 477–489.
  3. Posner B, Feige GB, Leuckert C. (1991). On the chemistry of the lichen genus Lasallia Mérat. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section C Journal of Biosciences 46(1–2): 19–27.

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