Menegazzia dispora is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen from South America. It was first formally described in an 1876 publication of James Crombie, with authorship attributed to Finnish lichenologist William Nylander. The type specimen was collected as part of a scientific expedition to South America conducted on the Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Nassau.[1] Rolf Santesson transferred it to the genus Menegazzia in 1942.[2]

Menegazzia dispora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species:
M. dispora
Binomial name
Menegazzia dispora
(Nyl.) R.Sant. (1942)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia dispora Nyl. (1876)

Lichen products that occur in Menegazzia dispora include atranorin, chloroatranorin, hypostictic acid, hypoconstictic acid, and α-acetylhypoconstictic acid.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Crombie, J.M. (1876). "On the Lichens collected by Professor R. O. Cunningham in the Falkland Islands, Fuegia, Patagonia, and the Island of Chiloe during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Nassau', 1867-9". Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 15: 222–234 [228].
  2. ^ Santesson, R. (1942). "The South American Menegazziae". Arkiv før Botanik. 30A (11): 1–35 [13].
  3. ^ Elix, J.A.; Gaul, K.L.; James, P.W. (1985). "α-Acetylhypoconstictic acid, a new depsidone from the lichen Menegazzia dispora". Australian Journal of Chemistry. 38 (11): 1735. doi:10.1071/ch9851735.