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Genus of lichen-forming fungi

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. The genus name Lasallia honours of Mr. Lasalle (born around 1820), who was a French gardener and botanist, who worked in Fontainebleau. Early molecular phylogenetics analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA showed that the genus was monophyletic.

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.

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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Lasallia


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