Dirinaria applanata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Caliciaceae |
Genus: | Dirinaria |
Species: | D. applanata
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Binomial name | |
Dirinaria applanata (
Fée)
D.D.Awasthi (1970)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Dirinaria applanata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Caliciaceae. [2] It has a wide distribution in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The lichen was formally described as a new species, Parmelia applanata, by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1825. [3] Dharani Dhar Awasthi transferred it to the Dirinaria in 1970. [4]
Chemical analysis of Dirinaria applanata lead to the discovery of nine unique compounds. This includes a novel hopane derivative known as 1β-acetoxy-21α-hopane-3β,22-diol. Alongside this, researchers have identified six phenolic compounds: divaricatinic acid, methyl divaricatinate, methyl-β-orcinolcarboxylate, methyl haematommate, divarinol, and ramalinic acid A. Additionally, two xanthones, namely lichexanthone and 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone, were also isolated. [5]
A fungus newly described in 2023, Cylindromonium dirinariae, was reported as a lichenicolous fungus with Dirinaria applanata as its host. This nectrioid fungus forms a pinkish colony with mainly solitary phialides producing ellipsoid, aseptate conidia in mucoid packets. [6]
Dirinaria applanata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Caliciaceae |
Genus: | Dirinaria |
Species: | D. applanata
|
Binomial name | |
Dirinaria applanata (
Fée)
D.D.Awasthi (1970)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dirinaria applanata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Caliciaceae. [2] It has a wide distribution in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The lichen was formally described as a new species, Parmelia applanata, by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1825. [3] Dharani Dhar Awasthi transferred it to the Dirinaria in 1970. [4]
Chemical analysis of Dirinaria applanata lead to the discovery of nine unique compounds. This includes a novel hopane derivative known as 1β-acetoxy-21α-hopane-3β,22-diol. Alongside this, researchers have identified six phenolic compounds: divaricatinic acid, methyl divaricatinate, methyl-β-orcinolcarboxylate, methyl haematommate, divarinol, and ramalinic acid A. Additionally, two xanthones, namely lichexanthone and 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone, were also isolated. [5]
A fungus newly described in 2023, Cylindromonium dirinariae, was reported as a lichenicolous fungus with Dirinaria applanata as its host. This nectrioid fungus forms a pinkish colony with mainly solitary phialides producing ellipsoid, aseptate conidia in mucoid packets. [6]