Menegazzia dielsii is a species of foliose lichen from New Zealand. It was first formally described by German lichenologist Johannes Hillmann in 1940. Rolf Santesson transferred it to the genus Menegazzia in 1943. It contains several lichen products: atranorin, conpsoromic acid, echinocarpic acid, and psoromic acid.[1]

Menegazzia dielsii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species:
M. dielsii
Binomial name
Menegazzia dielsii
(Hillmann) R.Sant. (1943)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia dielsii Hillmann (1940)

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References

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  1. ^ Walker, John R. L.; Lintott, Elizabeth A. (1997). "A phytochemical register of New Zealand lichens". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 35 (3): 369–384. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1997.10410162.