Menegazzia cincinnata is a species of foliose lichen from southern South America. It was first scientifically described by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius as Parmelia cincinnata.[1] Friedrich August Georg Bitter transferred it to the genus Menegazzia in 1901.[2]

Menegazzia cincinnata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Menegazzia
Species:
M. cincinnata
Binomial name
Menegazzia cincinnata
(Ach.) Bitter (1901)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia cincinnata Ach. (1803)

Menegazzia cincinnata is quite similar in morphology to Menegazzia valdiviensis, but the two species can be distinguished from each other by a combination of ascospore length and the presence or absence of thamnolic acid in the medulla.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Acharius, E. (1803). Methodus qua Omnes Detectos Lichenes Secundum Organa Carpomorpha ad Genera, Species et Varietates Redigere atque Observationibus Illustrare Tentavit Erik Acharius (in Latin). Stockholm: F.D.D. Ulrich. p. 252.
  2. ^ Bitter, G. (1901). "Zur Morphologie und Systematik von Parmelia, Untergattung Hypogymnia". Hedwigia (in German). 40: 171–274 [172].
  3. ^ Adler, M.; Calvelo, S.; Elix, J. A. (2006). "The distinction between Menegazzia cincinnata and M. valdiviensis (Parmeliaceae)". Mycotaxon. 95: 217–228.