Xanthoparmelia ajoensis

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Xanthoparmelia ajoensis
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Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species:
X. ajoensis
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia ajoensis
(T.H.Nash) Egan (1975)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia ajoensisT.H.Nash (1974)
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Magnified image of Xanthoparmelia ajoensis

Xanthoparmelia ajoensis is a foliose lichen that belongs to the genus Xanthoparmelia . The lichen is uncommon and is listed as vulnerable by the Nature Conservatory. [1]

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Description

Xanthoparmelia ajoensis grows to around 2–6 cm in diameter with irregularly lobate lobes which are approximately 1–3 mm wide. The upper surface of the lichen is yellow-green with cylindrical isidia. The lower surface is pale brown to brown. [2] [3] Xanthoparmelia ajoensis is a member of the Xanthoparmelia mexicana group, a complex of similar species that differ mainly in their secondary chemistry. [4]

Habitat and range

Xanthoparmelia ajoensis is found in the North American southwest including the US states of Arizona, [5] California, [6] Colorado, and New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora. [7]

Chemistry

Xanthoparmelia ajoensis has been recorded as containing usnic acid, 3-α-hydroxybarbatic acid, and diffractaic acid. [3] [7] [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer – Xanthoparmelia ajoensis". NatureServe Explorer Xanthoparmelia ajoensis. NatureServe. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 23 Aug 2022.
  2. ↑ Hutten, M.; Arup, U.; Breuss, O.; Esslinger, T. L.; Fryday, A. M.; Knudsen, K.; Lendemer, J. C.; Printzen, C.; Root, H. T.; Schultz, M.; Sheard, J.; Tønsberg, T.; McCune, B. (2013-09-09). "Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California". North American Fungi. 8: 1. doi: 10.2509/naf2013.008.011 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISSN   1937-786X. Archived from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2022-08-24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
  3. 1 2 "CNALH - Xanthoparmelia ajoensis". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  4. 1 2 Barcenas-Peña, Alejandrina; Leavitt, Steven D.; Huang, Jen-Pan; Grewe, Felix; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018-09-18). "Phylogenetic study and taxonomic revision of the Xanthoparmelia mexicana group, including the description of a new species (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)". MycoKeys (40): 13–28. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.40.26724 . PMC   6160798 . PMID   30271262.
  5. ↑ Jackson, H. B., Leavitt, S. D., Krebs, T., & Clair, L. L. S. (2005). Lichen flora of the eastern Mojave Desert: Blackrock Arizona, Mojave County, Arizona, USA. Evansia, 22(1), 30–38.
  6. ↑ Proulx, Knudsen, K.; St. Clair, L. L. (2016). "A checklist of Mojave Desert lichens, USA". North American Fungi. 11 (6): 1–49. doi:10.2509/naf2016.011.006 (inactive 12 July 2025). Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. 1 2 Culberson, Chicita F.; Iii, Thomas H. Nash; Johnson, Anita (1979). "3-α-Hydroxybarbatic Acid, a New Depside in Chemosyndromes of Some Xanthoparmeliae with β-Orcinol Depsides" . The Bryologist. 82 (2): 154. doi:10.2307/3242074. JSTOR   3242074.


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