Martinjahnsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: |
Martinjahnsia S.Y.Kondr., Fedorenko, S.Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & A.Thell (2012) |
Species: | M. resendei
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Binomial name | |
Martinjahnsia resendei | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Martinjahnsia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Teloschistaceae. [2] It contains the sole species Martinjahnsia resendei, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen.
This species was first scientifically described in 1968 by Josef Poelt and Carlos das Neves Tavares, who initially classified it in the genus Xanthoria. [3] In 2003, Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt proposed to transfer the species to the genus Rusavskia. [4] Kondratyuk and colleagues suggested in 2012 that it be placed in a new genus, Martinjahnsia, to accommodate its unique phylogenetic position. The genus name honours German lichenologist Martin Jahns. [5]
Martinjahnsia resendei has a Mediterranean distribution. The lichen is abundant in the southeast of Spain, where it colonises sunny rock surfaces, especially those enriched in nitrates. [6] In islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, it is typically found on sun-exposed siliceous rocks on the Mediterranean coast. [7]
There are several lichen products that have been isolated and chemically characterised from Martinjahnsia resendei. These include peroxyergosterol, the anthraquinone pigments physcion, fallacinal, and fallacinol, and three new unidentified hopene-type triterpenes. [8]
Martinjahnsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: |
Martinjahnsia S.Y.Kondr., Fedorenko, S.Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & A.Thell (2012) |
Species: | M. resendei
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Binomial name | |
Martinjahnsia resendei | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Martinjahnsia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Teloschistaceae. [2] It contains the sole species Martinjahnsia resendei, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen.
This species was first scientifically described in 1968 by Josef Poelt and Carlos das Neves Tavares, who initially classified it in the genus Xanthoria. [3] In 2003, Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt proposed to transfer the species to the genus Rusavskia. [4] Kondratyuk and colleagues suggested in 2012 that it be placed in a new genus, Martinjahnsia, to accommodate its unique phylogenetic position. The genus name honours German lichenologist Martin Jahns. [5]
Martinjahnsia resendei has a Mediterranean distribution. The lichen is abundant in the southeast of Spain, where it colonises sunny rock surfaces, especially those enriched in nitrates. [6] In islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, it is typically found on sun-exposed siliceous rocks on the Mediterranean coast. [7]
There are several lichen products that have been isolated and chemically characterised from Martinjahnsia resendei. These include peroxyergosterol, the anthraquinone pigments physcion, fallacinal, and fallacinol, and three new unidentified hopene-type triterpenes. [8]