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 | ||
| Canoparmelia norsticticata (G.N.Stevens) Elix & Hale | ||
| Mycotaxon 27: 278 (1986); Parmelia norsticticata G.N.Stevens in J.A.Elix & G.N.Stevens, Austral. J. Bot. 27: 881 (1979). T: Serpentine Creek, Cribb Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 28 Mar. 1977, G.N.Stevens 2652; holo: MEL; iso: CANB. | ||
| Thallus adnate, to 3–5 cm wide. Lobes crowded, imbricate, subirregular, 2–3 mm wide; apices rotund. Upper surface pale grey to grey-green, strongly ridged and rugose, sparsely maculate, sometimes pruinose, lacking isidia; soredia dense, farinose; soralia produced along ridges, large, capitate, sometimes coalescing. Medulla white. Lower surface black with pale zone at margin; rhizines moderately dense, short, simple, rarely projecting beyond margins, black. Apothecia rare, subpedicellate, 1–1.5 mm wide; disc concave, dark brown; thalline exciple sorediate. Ascospores 10–14 × 5–7 µm wide. Pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K+ yellow then red, C-, P+ orange; containing atranorin, choloroatranorin, norstictic acid (major), stictic acid (major) and constictic acid (minor). | ||
| An endemic species found in mangroves in W.A., in coastal woodland in Qld and, more rarely, N.S.W. Grows on bark. | ||
| Elix (1994c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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