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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 subdistorta (Kurok.) Hale | ||
| Phytologia 28: 489 (1974); Parmelia subdistorta Kurok., J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 32: 212 (1969). T: 10 km west of Red Cliffs [Redcliffs] along the Werrimull road, Vic., 8 Dec. 1965, S.Kurokawa 6617; holo: TNS; iso: M. | ||
| Thallus foliose, loosely to moderately adnate, forming rosettes, to 6–10 cm wide. Lobes imbricate, strongly convoluted, sublinear-elongate, dichotomously branched, 0.8–1 mm wide at margins; laciniae overgrowing thallus centre, revolute, dichotomously branched, 0.3–0.5 (–0.7) mm wide. Upper surface pale yellow-green, strongly convex, shiny, emaculate, minutely rugulose, lacking soredia and isidia; lobe apices often blackened. Medulla white. Lower surface brown to dark brown, darkening to dark greyish brown at apices; rhizines sparse, simple, brown. Apothecia rare, sessile, 2–5 mm wide; disc concave, pale to dark brown; thalline exciple thick, revolute. Ascospores 10 × 7 µm. Pycnidia common. Conidia bifusiform, 6–8 × 0.5 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC+ rose, P-; containing usnic acid, loxodin and norlobaridone. | ||
| Scattered, endemic, in mallee scrub and arid shrubland areas of southern Australia (W.A., S.A., N.S.W. and Vic.). Grows on soil or spreads onto pebbles from soil. | ||
| Elix (1994z) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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