Lethariella cashmeriana
| Lethariella cashmeriana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Lethariella |
| Species: | L. cashmeriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lethariella cashmeriana Krog (1976)
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Lethariella cashmeriana is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 1976 by Hildur Krog. The species epithet cashmeriana refers to Jammu-Kashmir, where the type specimen was collected.[2] The lichen is one of three species of Lethariella that is used as a purported health-promoting tea in Yunnan, China.[3] It contains atranorin, canarione, gyrophoric acid, and norstictic acid (minor) as lichen products.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lethariella cashmeriana Krog". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
- ^ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3244767.
- ^ Obermayer, Walter (2001). "On the identity of Lethariella sinensis Wei & Jiang, with new reports of Tibetan Lethariella species". In McCarthy, P.M.; Kantvilas, G.; Louwhoff, S.H.J.J. (eds.). Lichenological Contribution in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 78. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Bornträger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 321–326.