Lasallia | |
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L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Umbilicariales |
Family: | Umbilicariaceae |
Genus: | Lasallia Mérat (1821) |
Type species | |
Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat (1821)
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Species | |
12, including: |
Lasallia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae.
The genus name of Lasallia is in honour of Mr. Lasalle (around 1820), who was a French gardener and botanist, who worked in Fontainebleau.[1]
It was circumscribed by François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise in Nouv. Fl. Paris ed.2, vol.1 on page 202 in 1821.
The genus contains 12 species with a widespread, but predominantly temperate distribution.[2] Phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA has shown that the genus is monophyletic.[3]
High performance liquid chromatography analysis of eleven 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.[4]