Punctelia roseola is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was described as a new species in 2009 by lichenologists Patrícia Jungbluth, Marcello Marcelli, and John Alan Elix. The specific epithet refers to the pale rose colour of the medulla. The holotype was collected from Jurumirim municipality in São Paulo State, close to the Tietê River. There it was found growing on an isolated tree in a dry pasture, without direct sunlight. It has a grey thallus measuring 10–20 cm (4–8 in) wide; the lower thallus surface is pale, becoming darker (almost black) near the centre. The lichen contains atranorin, lecanoric acid, and several butlerins (A, B, E, and F) as minor compounds, butlerlin D as a somewhat major compound, and gyrophoric acid as the major secondary metabolite in the medulla.[1]

Punctelia roseola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Punctelia
Species:
P. roseola
Binomial name
Punctelia roseola
Jungbluth, Marcelli & Elix (2009)

References

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  1. ^ Marcelli, Marcelo Pinto; Jungbluth, Patrícia; Elix, John A. (2009). "Four new species of Punctelia from São Paulo State, Brazil". Mycotaxon. 109: 49–61. doi:10.5248/109.49.