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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 masonii Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 47: 124 (1993). T: south of Nimmitabel, N.S.W., 10 Jan. 1982, M.E.Hale 59276; holo: CANB. *****[Xanthoparmelia neopropagulifera auct. non (Gyeln.) Hale, nom. inval. [= X. neopropaguloides Hale]: M.E.Hale, Mycotaxon 30: 324 (1987)] | ||
| Thallus small-foliose to subcrustose, tightly adnate, to 3–6 cm wide. Lobes widely separate or contiguous, flat, sublinear, irregularly branched, 0.3–1 mm wide. Upper surface greenish yellow, dull, emaculate, without soredia; older lobes irregularly cracked; areolae present; isidia sparse to moderately dense, cylindrical, mainly simple, syncorticate; isidia apices solid. Medulla white. Lower surface ivory to pale brown, often straw-yellow near lobe apices; rhizines moderately dense, simple, pale brown. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K+ yellow, C-, KC-, P+ orange; containing usnic acid, stictic acid, constictic acid, norstictic acid (minor), cryptostictic acid (trace), rarely menegazziaic acid (trace) and with or without associated unidentified compound (trace). | ||
| Known from S.A., N.S.W., A.C.T. and Tas. Grows on rock. | ||
| Elix (1994z) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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