Lecanora vinetorum

Lecanora vinetorum is a rare species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in Central Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 1968 by lichenologists Josef Poelt and Siegfried Huneck. The type specimen was collected from the San Michele Appiano region of Trentino-Alto Adige (Bolzano Province); there it was found growing on vineyard frames. The species epithet vinetorum (Latin for "vineyard") refers to its habitat.[1]

Lecanora vinetorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Species:
L. vinetorum
Binomial name
Lecanora vinetorum
Poelt & Huneck (1968)

It is a member of the Lecanora varia species complex, which consists of about a dozen yellowish-green species that are related to L. varia.[2]

A rare Central European lichen, Lecanora vinetorum occurs in Switzerland and northern Italy, at elevations between 270 and 780 m (890 and 2,560 ft). Although Lecanora lichens are typically saxicolous (rock-dwelling) species, L. vinetorum is remarkable for having adapted to growth on wood sprayed with copper-containing fungicides. This includes colonized trees (typically Prunus avium), and the sheltered tie-beams used in vineyard frames. Although the lichen is confined to small areas, it is locally abundant in habitats that do not have many other lichen species.[2]

The compound griseoxanthone C was reported this species in 1992, the first time that substance had been reported from a lichen.[3] It also contains the xanthone compound vinetorin.[4]

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References
  1. Poelt, J.; Huneck, S. (1968). "Lecanora vinetorum nova spec., ihre Vergesellschaftung, ihre Ökologie und ihre Chemie". Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (in German). 115 (4–5): 411–422. doi:10.1007/bf01456535. JSTOR 43339298.
  2. Laundon, Jack (2003). "Six lichens of the Lecanora varia group". Nova Hedwigia. 76 (1–2): 83–111. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0083.
  3. Elix, John A.; Crook, Caroline E. (1992). "The joint occurrence of chloroxanthones in lichens, and a further thirteen new lichen xanthones". The Bryologist. 95 (1): 52–64. doi:10.2307/3243785. JSTOR 3243785.
  4. Huneck, Siegfried (1996). Identification of Lichen Substances. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-3-642-85245-9. OCLC 851387266.
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