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 | ||
| Flavoparmelia euplecta (Stirt.) Hale | ||
| Mycotaxon 25: 604 (1986); Parmelia euplecta Stirt., Scott. Naturalist (Perth) 4: 299 (1877–1878); Pseudoparmelia euplecta (Stirt.) Hale, Phytologia 29: 190 (1974). T: near Brisbane, Qld, F.M.Bailey 108; lecto: BM, fide M.E.Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 31: 20 (1976). Parmelia ochroleuca f. sorediosa Müll.Arg., Flora 66: 47 (1883); Parmelia rutidota f. sorediosa (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31: 30 (1892); Parmelia pseudosorediosa Gyeln., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 288 (1931); Pseudoparmelia pseudosorediosa (Gyeln.) Hale, Phytologia 29: 191 (1974). T: near Mount Dromedary, N.S.W., 1882, F.M.Reader, comm. F.V.Mueller; lecto: G; isolecto: MEL, NSW, fide M.E.Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 31: 20 (1976). | ||
| Thallus adnate, thick, leathery, to 4–12 cm wide. Lobes imbricate, 2–5 mm wide; laciniae narrower, overlying marginal lobes; margins crenulate; apices irregularly rotund or subrotund. Upper surface green to yellow-green, flat, smooth at marginal lobes, becoming slightly rugulose towards thallus centre, matt, lacking dactyls and isidia; soralia sometimes developing from cracks or pustules which burst to form granular soredia. Medulla white in upper part, yellow-orange in lower part. Lower surface jet black; rhizines sparse, simple or tufted. Apothecia sessile, 2–5 mm wide; disc strongly concave, dull, dark cinnamon-brown; thalline exciple pustulate-sorediate. Ascospores 19–21 × 8–9 µm. Pycnidia rare, punctiform. Conidia weakly bifusiform, 4–6 × 1 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC-, P+ red; pigmented lower medulla K+ purple; containing usnic acid, protocetraric acid (major), euplectin (in pigmented medulla) and ±atranorin. | ||
| Common, endemic, found on rock and trees in eastern Australia (Qld and N.S.W.); also in Lord Howe Is. and Norfolk Is. | ||
| Elix (1994g) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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