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| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Flavoparmelia ferax (Müll.Arg.) Hale | ||
| Mycotaxon 25: 604 (1986); Parmelia ferax Müll.Arg., Flora 69: 257 (1886); Pseudoparmelia ferax (Müll.Arg.) Hale, Phytologia 29: 190 (1974). T: near Guntawang, N.S.W., Hamilton 2; lecto: G, fide M.E.Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 31: 31 (1976). Parmelia obversa Stirt., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 32: 76 (1899). T: Riverina, N.S.W., H.Paton s.n.; lecto: GLAM; isolecto: BM, fide M.E.Hale, loc. cit. (1976). | ||
| Thallus adnate, to 5–10 cm wide. Lobes imbricate, elongate, sometimes becoming lobulate, 2–3 mm wide; margins crenulate; apices rotund. Upper surface pale yellow-green, ±rugulose at lobe margins, densely rugose in thallus centre, dull or sometimes slightly shiny, lacking soredia, dactyls and isidia. Medulla white. Lower surface rugulose; rhizines sparse, simple. Apothecia sessile, 2–6 mm wide, crowded in thallus centre; disc concave, cinnamon-brown to dark brown; thalline exciple strongly involute, persistent, becoming rugulose. Ascospores 13–15 × 7–8 µm. Pycnidia common. Conidia fusiform, 9 × 1 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC-, P+ deep orange; containing usnic acid, physodalic acid (major), conphysodalic acid (minor) and protocetraric acid (trace). |  |
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| Common, endemic, found on bark, dead wood, and old fence posts in drier areas of southern and central Australia (W.A., N.T., S.A., N.S.W. and Vic.). A misidentified Tasmanian specimen is F. rutidota (Kantvilas et al., 2002). | ||
| Elix (1994g) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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