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 | ||
| Xanthoparmelia metastrigosa (Elix) Hale | ||
| Mycotaxon 20: 79 (1984); Parmelia metastrigosa Elix, Austral. J. Bot. 29: 360 (1981). T: north-east slopes of Mt Canobolas, near Orange, N.S.W., 1 Apr. 1978, J.A.Elix 4627; holo: MEL. | ||
| Thallus foliose, loosely adnate, to 7–12 cm wide. Lobes very rarely or not imbricate, linear-elongate, dichotomously or irregularly branched, subascending or not, 1.5–4 (–5) mm wide; margins broadly sinuate. Upper surface yellow-green, commonly convex, shiny, becoming dull, emaculate, smooth, lacking soredia and isidia; lobe margins commonly black. Medulla white. Lower surface ±canaliculate, pale brown to dark blackish brown; rhizines very dense, simple or often dichotomously branched, concolorous. Apothecia subpedicellate, 10–12 mm wide; disc becoming flattened or slightly convex, dark brown; thalline exciple entire, undulating. Ascospores 8.5–10.5 × 4.5–5.5 µm. Pycnidia numerous. Conidia bifusiform, 5–6 × 0.5 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K+ yellow or yellow then pale red, C-, KC-, P-; containing usnic acid, hypostictic acid, hyposalazinic acid and hypoconstictic acid. | ||
| This endemic species has only been found on exposed, subalpine rock on Mt Canobolas, N.S.W., where it is particularly common. Grows on rock and pebbles. | ||
| Elix (1994z) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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