Menegazzia kawesqarica is a species of foliose lichen found in southern South America. It was formally described as a new species in 2001 by lichenologists Jarle Bjerke and Arve Elvebakk. The type specimen was collected by the second author in a depression of a volcanic rock outcrop in Morro Chico (Magallanes Province, Chile).[1] The lichen contains atranorin, stictic acid, cryptostictic acid, menegazziaic acid, and constictic acid as lichen products.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Menegazzia |
| Species: | M. kawesqarica
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| Menegazzia kawesqarica Bjerke & Elvebakk (2001)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bjerke, J.W.; Elvebakk, A. (2001). "The sorediate species of the genus Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycotina) in southernmost South America". Mycotaxon. 78: 363–392.
- ^ Bjerke, Jarle W.; Elvebakk, Arve; Quilhot, Wanda (2003). "Distribution and habitat ecology of the sorediate species of Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in Chile". Revista chilena de historia natural. 76 (1): 79–98. doi:10.4067/s0716-078x2003000100008.
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