Xanthoparmelia eilifii Elix & Johnston

in Elix, Johnston & Armstrong, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 15(3): 235 (1986).

 

 

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Type: xxx.

 

Thallus: loosely adnate to nearly free growing, firm 3-7 cm broad, light yellowish green; lobes sublinear, 1-2.5 mm wide, weakly convoluted, secondary laciniae developing at the center with age and becoming convoluted; upper surface continuous, emaculate, shiny but becoming dull with age, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, brown to dark brown, moderately rhizinate, the rhizines pale, fine, simple, 0.4-0.8 mm long. Pycnidia and Apothecia lacking (Hale 1990: 107).

Photobiont: Trebouxia.

Chemistry: Norlobaridone, loxodin, usnic acid.

Ecology: on soil.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Database

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