Australian Biological Resources Study
| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Bulbothrix subtabacina (Elix) Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 47: 127 (1993); Parmelia subtabacina Elix in J.A.Elix & G.N.Stevens, Austral. J. Bot. 27: 875 (1979). T: E of Batemans Bay, N.S.W., 19 Mar. 1977, J.A.Elix 2951; holo: MEL; iso: CANB. | ||
| Thallus adnate to tightly adnate, to 4–6 cm wide. Lobes sublinear-elongate, dichotomously branched, 0.5–1 mm wide; margins with dense bulbate cilia; cilia shiny, slender and elongated, often apically branched. Upper surface deep slate grey, flat, shiny, distinctly maculate, cracked on older lobes, becoming areolate and eroding in thallus centre; isidia dense, simple, less than 0.3 mm high. Medulla white. Lower surface shiny, black; rhizines moderately dense to dense, extending to margins, simple or dichotomously branched, black. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K+ yellow then red, C-, P+ orange; containing atranorin, chloroatranorin and salazinic acid. |  |
|
| This rare, endemic species is known only from the type locality in south-eastern N.S.W. Grows on bark. | ||
| Elix (1994a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Australian Biological Resources Study. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed in the first instance to Dr P. McCarthy. These pages may not be displayed on, or downloaded to, any other server without the express permission of ABRS.