Lecidella carpathica

Lecidella carpathica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Lecidella
Species:	L. carpathica
Binomial name
	Lecidella carpathica; Körb. (1861)
Synonyms
	List Lecidea latypiza Nyl. (1872) ; Lecidea parasema subsp. latypiza (Nyl.) Nyl. (1873) ; Celidium varians f. carpathicum (Körb.) Arnold (1874) ; Lecidea parasema var. latypiza (Nyl.) Wedd. (1875) ; Celidium varians var. carpathicum (Körb.) Arnold (1877) ; Lecidea latypea f. latypiza (Nyl.) Vain. (1878) ; Lecidea parasema f. latypiza (Nyl.) Leight. (1879) ; Arthonia varians var. carpathica (Körb.) Willey (1890) ; Lecidea latypea var. latypiza (Nyl.) Brisson (1891) ; Lecidea carpathica (Körb.) Szatala (1916) ; Lecidea goniophila subsp. latypiza (Nyl.) Harm. (1899) ; Lecidella latypiza (Nyl.) M.Choisy (1950) ;

Lecidella carpathica is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae.^[2] It was formally described as a new species in 1861 by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber.^[3]

Three secondary metabolites that occur in this species, hopane-6α,22-diol, brialmontin, and atraric acid, inhibit the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. This enzyme is a therapeutic target for diabetes treatments and plays a major role in negative regulation of the insulin signaling pathway.^[4]

References

^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Lecidella carpathica Körb., Parerga lichenol. (Breslau) 3: 212 (1861) [1865]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ "Lecidella carpathica Körb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ Körber, G.W. (1861). Parerga lichenologica. Ergänzungen zum Systema lichenum Germaniae (in German). Vol. 3. pp. 193–288 [212].
^ Seo, Changon; HanYim, Joung; Kum Lee, Hong; Oh, Hyuncheol (2011). "PTP1B inhibitory secondary metabolites from the Antarctic lichen Lecidella carpathica". Mycology. 2 (1): 18–23. doi:10.1080/21501203.2011.554906.