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Xanthoparmelia isidiovagans

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Xanthoparmelia isidiovagans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species:
X. isidiovagans
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia isidiovagans
O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar & Elix (2005)

Xanthoparmelia isidiovagans is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae

Description

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The yellowish-green thallus of Xanthoparmelia isidiovagans reaches a diameter of 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in), comprising elongated, linear lobes measuring 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide. It contains several secondary compounds, including stictic acid as a major metabolite, usnic acid, norstictic acid, constictic acid, and cryptostictic acid as minor metabolites, and trace amounts of peristictic acid.[1]

Taxonomy

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Found in Spain, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by lichenologists Oscar Blanco, Ana Crespo, Pradeep Divakar, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected in Torremocha del Pinar (Guadalajara) at an elevation of 1,200 m (3,900 ft). Here the lichen was found growing as a vagrant on the soil in open forest dominated by Juniperus thurifera and J. communis var. hemisphaerica. The specific epithet isidiovagans alludes to its resemblance to the American species Xanthoparmelia vagans, from which it differs by the presence of isidia.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Blanco, Oscar; Crespo, Ana; Elix, John A. (2005). "Two new species of Xanthoparmelia (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) from Spain". Lichenologist. 37 (2): 97–100. doi:10.1017/S0024282905014829. S2CID 86778304.