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 millerae Elix | ||
| in Elix & Kantvilas, Mycotaxon 73: 448 (1999). T: New South Wales: 4 km NNE of Nymagee on Hermitage Road, rocky outcrops at south end of range, 33°03'S, 146°21'E, 380 m, on stones on ground in Callitris and Eucalyptus woodland, C. H. Miller 322, 25.ix.1985; holo: CANB. | ||
| Thallus foliose, adnate to tightly adnate, to 5 cm wide. Lobes barely imbricate, sublinear to subirregular, irregularly branched, 1-3 mm wide, laciniae lacking; marginal lobes with rotund apices. Upper surface pale yellow-green, darkening with age, shiny or dull, flat, emaculate, lacking soredia and isidia; older central lobes becoming rugose and ±cracked. Medulla white. Lower surface flat, pale tan to brown, darkening near the apices of the lobes; rhizines sparse, short, slender, simple, concolorous. Apothecia not seen. Pycnidia common, black, immersed. Conidia bifusiform, 6-7 x 0.7-1.0 µm. CHEMISTRY: Cortex K-; medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-; containing usnic acid. | ||
| Known only from the type locality. | ||
| Elix & Kantvilas (1999a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Australian Biological Resources Study. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed in the first instance to Dr P. McCarthy. These pages may not be displayed on, or downloaded to, any other server without the express permission of ABRS.