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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 | ||
| Xanthoparmelia eilifii Elix & J.Johnst. | ||
| in J.A.Elix, J.Johnston & P.M.Armstrong, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 15: 235 (1986). Based on Parmelia dahlii Kurok., Bull. Natl Sci. Mus., ser. B, 8: 36 (1982), nom. illeg. non Parmelia dahlii (Hale) Ajay Singh, Lichenology Indian Subcontinent, 1966–1977: 2 (1980). T: along the Sturt Highway about 7 miles [11 km] east of Mildura, N.S.W., 14 Apr. 1970, E.Dahl s.n.; holo: O; iso: TNS; iso: CANB. | ||
| Thallus foliose, loosely adnate, forming loosely disjointed patches to 10 cm wide. Lobes weakly convolute, distorted, often entangled, elongate, subdichotomously branched, 1–2 (–3) mm wide; laciniae 0.3–0.5 mm wide, often growing over primary lobes or occasionally developing as revolute lobules in thallus centre and along margins of older lobes. Upper surface pale yellow-green, convex, dull, slightly rugulose, lacking maculae, soredia and isidia. Medulla white. Lower surface partly canaliculate, pale brown to brown; rhizines sparse to moderately dense, simple, concolorous; lobules with dark-brown to black-brown lower surface and rhizines. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC+ rose, P-; containing usnic acid, loxodin (minor) and norlobaridone (major). | ||
| Endemic, scattered on soil and debris in mallee scrub and subarid shrubland in inland Australia (W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W. and Vic.). | ||
| Elix (1994z) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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