Xanthoparmelia elaeodes (Elix) Elix & Johnston
in Elix, Johnston & Armstrong, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 15(3): 236 (1986).
Basionym: Parmelia elaeodes Elix, Aust. J. Bot. 29(3): 354 (1981).
Synonyms: Index Fungorum
Type: Australia, New South Wales, 13 km S of Countegany along Nimmitabel Road, date?, Elix 1980 (MEL - holotype).
Thallus: tightly adnate to adnate, fragile, 4-7 cm broad, dull yellowish green; lobes subirregular, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, short, sometimes tangentially cracked, black rimmed; upper surface continuous, emaculate, shiny, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, black, moderately to densely rhizinate, the rhizines black, coarse, simple, 0.3-0.8 mm long. Pycnidia common; conidia bifusiform, 0.5 x 5-6 µm. Apothecia common, substipitate, 1-3.5 mm in diameter; spores 5x8 µm (Hale 1990: 107).
Photobiont: Trebouxia.
Chemistry: Norlobaridone, loxodin, usnic acid (Hale 1990: 107).
Ecology: on rock.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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