Lasallia

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

L. caroliniana
L. freyana
L. laceratula
L. pensylvanica
L. pustulata
L. rubiginosa

Lasallia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise in 1821.[1] The genus name Lasallia honours of Mr. Lasalle (born around 1820), who was a French gardener and botanist, who worked in Fontainebleau.[2] Early molecular phylogenetics analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA showed that the genus was monophyletic.[3]

High performance liquid chromatography analysis of several 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.[4]

Species

References

  1. ^ Mérat de Vaumartoise, F.V. (1821). Nouvelle flore des environs de Paris (in French). Vol. 1 (2 ed.). p. 202.
  2. ^ Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen [Generic eponyms in lichens and lichenicolous fungi]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
  3. ^ Ivanova, Natalia V.; Depriest, Paula T.; Bobrova, Vera K.; Troitsky, Alexey V. (1999). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the lichen family Umbilicariaceae based on nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA sequences". The Lichenologist. 31 (5): 477–489. doi:10.1006/lich.1999.0223.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Awasthi, Dharani Dhar (2007). A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 345. ISBN 978-8121106009.


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