Menegazzia kawesqarica

Menegazzia kawesqarica is a species of foliose lichen found in southern South America. It was formally described as a new species in 2001 by lichenologists Jarle Bjerke and Arve Elvebakk. The type specimen was collected by the second author in a depression of a volcanic rock outcrop in Morro Chico (Magallanes Province, Chile).[1] The lichen contains atranorin, stictic acid, cryptostictic acid, menegazziaic acid, and constictic acid as lichen products.[2]

Menegazzia kawesqarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species:
M. kawesqarica
Binomial name
Menegazzia kawesqarica
Bjerke & Elvebakk (2001)

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  1. ^ Bjerke, J.W.; Elvebakk, A. (2001). "The sorediate species of the genus Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycotina) in southernmost South America". Mycotaxon. 78: 363–392.
  2. ^ Bjerke, Jarle W.; Elvebakk, Arve; Quilhot, Wanda (2003). "Distribution and habitat ecology of the sorediate species of Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in Chile". Revista chilena de historia natural. 76 (1): 79–98. doi:10.4067/s0716-078x2003000100008.