Lobariella pallida
| Lobariella pallida | |
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| in Machu Picchu, Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Lobariella |
| Species: | L. pallida
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| Binomial name | |
| Lobariella pallida | |
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Lobariella pallida is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae.[2] It was first formally described in 1822 by English botanist William Jackson Hooker, as a member of the genus Sticta. Bibiana Moncada and Robert Lücking transferred it to the genus Lobariella in 2011.[3] The lichen occurs in páramo regions of Central and South America, where it grows on twigs and thin stems of shrubs and small trees. It is the most common species in its genus. Although it typically grows in association with other lichens, its quite loose attachment to its substrate means it does not take up much surface space.[4]
Secondary chemicals (lichen products) present in Lobariella pallida include lobariellin (methyl 3-formyl-2,4-dihydroxy-5,6-dimethylbenzoate) and methyl orsellinate.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Lobariella pallida (Hook.) B. Moncada & Lücking, in Lumbsch et al., Phytotaxa 18: 82 (2011)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Lobariella pallida (Hook.) B. Moncada & Lücking". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Lumbsch, H. T.; Ahti, T.; Altermann, S.; De Paz, G. A.; Aptroot, A.; Arup, U.; et al. (2011). "One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity". Phytotaxa. 18 (1): 82. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1. hdl:11336/4198.
- ^ Moncada, Bibiana; Lücking, Robert; Betancourt-Macuase, Luisa (2013). "Phylogeny of the Lobariaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Peltigerales), with a reappraisal of the genus Lobariella". The Lichenologist. 45 (2): 203–263. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000825.
- ^ Perico-Franco, Litta Samari; Soriano-García, Manuel; Cerbón, Marco A.; González-Sánchez, Ignacio; Valencia-Islas, Norma Angélica (2015). "Secondary metabolites and cytotoxic potential of Lobariella pallida and Stereocaulon strictum var. compressum, two lichens from Colombian páramo region". Pharmaceutical and Biosciences Journal: 31–38. doi:10.20510/ukjpb/3/i4/89463.