Pseudocyphellaria allanii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) and foliose (leafy) lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. Found in New Zealand, it was formally described as a new species in 1982 by Bernd Renner and David Galloway. The type specimen was collected by Galloway on the path to Emily Falls on Mount Peel (South Canterbury); here it was found growing on a fallen Pseudowintera on a stream bank.[1] The lichen contains the secondary compounds 7β-acetoxyhopan-22-ol and hopan-15α-22-diol, which are derivatives of the triterpene compound hopane.[2] The specific epithet allanii honours New Zealand botanist Harry Allan, who "described the vegetation of Mt Peel, and who later promoted interest in New Zealand lichens".[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Pseudocyphellaria |
| Species: | P. allanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocyphellaria allanii D.J.Galloway (1982)
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References
edit- ^ a b Renner, B.; Galloway, D.J. (1982). "Phycosymbiodemes in Pseudocyphellaria in New Zealand". Mycotaxon. 16 (1): 197–231.
- ^ Walker, John R.L.; Lintott, Elizabeth A. (1997). "A phytochemical register of New Zealand lichens". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 35 (3): 369–384. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1997.10410162.
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