Carotenoids in Lichens from Yellowstone National Park and Adjacent Forests in Montana and Wyoming
Czeczuga B and Eversman S. 1993. Carotenoids in Lichens from Yellowstone National Park and Adjacent Forests in Montana and Wyoming. The Bryologist. 96(1):102-105
The presence of 16 carotenoids was determined in 17 species of lichens (Letharia columbiana, L. vulpina, Bryoria fremontii, Peltigera aphthosa, Bryoria lanestris, Pseudephebe pubescens, Umbilicaria hyperborea, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca, Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii, Usnea lapponica, Xanthoparmelia taractica, X. plittii, Hypogymnia imshaugii, Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Hypogmnia physodes, Dactylina madreporiformis Cladina mitis) from in and near Yellowstone National park in Montana and Wyomingoming: antheraxanthin, astaxanthin, auroxanthin, capsochrome, alpha-carotene, B.-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, diatoxanthin, alpha-doradexanthin, 3'-epilutein, lutein, lutein epoxide, mutatoxanthin, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, and zeaxanthin. Lutein is the major carotenoid in 12 of the 17 species, ranging from 15.65 mu-g g-1 in Cladina mitis to 449.56 mu-g g-1 in Letharia columbiana.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Czeczuga, Bazyli; Eversman, Sharon
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Bryoria fremontii, Bryoria lanestris, Cladina mitis, Dactylina madreporiformis, Hypogymnia imshaugii, Hypogymnia physodes, Letharia columbiana, Letharia vulpina, Lichen, Peltigera aphthosa, Plant Studies, Pseudephebe pubescens, Rhizoplace chrysoleuca, Rhizoplace melanophthalma, Umbilicaria hyperborea, Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii, Usnea lapponica, Xanthoparmelia plittii, Xanthoparmelia taractica