Lecidella carpathica

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Lecanoromycetes

Order:Lecanorales

Family:Lecanoraceae

Lecidella carpathica
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Lecidella
Species:	L. carpathica
Binomial name
Lecidella carpathica Körb. (1861)
Synonyms[2]
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.^[3] It was formally described as a new species in 1861 by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber.^[4]

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.^[5]

In Nepal, Lecidella carpathica has been reported from 3,900 to 4,000 m elevation in a compilation of published records.^[6]