Lasallia | |
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L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Family: | Umbilicariaceae |
Genus: | Lasallia Mérat (1821) |
Type species | |
Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat (1821) |
Lasallia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae. The genus contains 12 species with a widespread, but predominantly temperate distribution.[1] Phylogenetic analysis of ITS DNA has shown that the genus is monophyletic.[2]
An HPLC analysis of eleven Lasallia species revealed a number of secondary metabolites in this genus, including: gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, umbilicaric acid, 7-chloroemodin, valsarin and skyrin, hiascic acid and ovoic acid.[3]