Menegazzia fumarprotocetrarica
Menegazzia fumarprotocetrarica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen found in South America. It was formally described as a new species in 1996 by Mónica Adler and Susana Calvelo. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Bariloche (Río Negro Province, Argentina). The species epithet refers to the presence of protocetraric acid, a lichen product that is rare in the genus Menegazzia.[1] The lichen grows on the hard bark of Nothofagus alpina, N. dombeyi, and Araucaria araucana.[2]
| Menegazzia fumarprotocetrarica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Menegazzia |
| Species: | M. fumarprotocetrarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Menegazzia fumarprotocetrarica Calvelo & Adler (1996) | |
References
- Adler, M.T.; Calvelo, S. (1996). "Two new species of the genus Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae sensu lato), lichenized Ascomycotina) from southern South America". Mycotaxon. 59: 367–372.
- Bjerke, Jarle W.; Elvebakk, Arve; Quilhot, Wanda (2003). "Distribution and habitat ecology of the sorediate species of Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in Chile". Revista chilena de historia natural. 76 (1): 79–98. doi:10.4067/s0716-078x2003000100008.
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