Evernia esorediosa is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] It has no soralia, but many ascocarps.[2]

Evernia esorediosa
Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Evernia
Species:
E. esorediosa
Binomial name
Evernia esorediosa
Synonyms
  • Evernia mesomorpha f. esorediosa Müll.Arg. (1891)

In a study it has been found that its mycobiont contains hypostrepsilic acid, a dibenzofuran. It made up 3.2% of the dry weight. In its lichenized condition divaricatic acid, an orcinol depside, made up 1.9% of Evernia esorediosa's dry weight.[3]

Distribution

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Specimens have been found in Japan, Russia, the United States of America, Canada and Mongolia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ring Lichen (Evernia esorediosa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. ^ Du Rietz, Gustaf Einar (1924). "Die Soredien und Isidien der Flechten". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (in German). 18 (3): 371–396. ISSN 0039-646X.
  3. ^ Hisashi, Miyagawa; Nobuo, Hamada; Mamoru, Sato E.; Tamio, Ueno (September 1993). "Hypostrepsilic acid, a new dibenzofuran from the culturei lichen mycobiont of Evernia esorediosa". Phytochemistry. 34 (2): 589–591. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(93)80057-Y. ISSN 0031-9422.
  4. ^ Evernia esorediosa (Müll.Arg.) Du Rietz in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-04-13.