Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera

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

Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Spain and Zimbabwe, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by lichenologists Oscar Blanco, Ana Crespo, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected by the authors in Embid de la Ribera [es] (Zaragoza Province) at an altitude of 510 m (1,670 ft); here, the lichen was found growing on siliceous rocks. It has also been collected from Rhodes Matopos National Park in Zimbabwe. The specific epithet subverrucigera alludes to its resemblance with X. verrucigera.^[1]

Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera contains several secondary compounds, including stictic acid and constictic acid as major metabolites, usnic acid, verrucigeric acid, lusitanic acid, and cryptostictic acid as minor metabolites, and trace amounts of connorstictic acid, and methylstictic acid.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^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.

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