Xanthoparmelia fumigata (Kurokawa) Elix & Johnston

Mycotaxon 29: 371 (1987).

Basionym: Parmelia fumigata Kurok., Bull. natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 11(3): 81 (1985).

 

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Type: xxx.

 

Thallus: foliose, tightly adnate, 3-8 cm broad, dark yellowish green at the center but lighter at the tips; lobes sublinear, 0.6-1 mm wide, irregularly branched, crowded at the center, short laciniate, the laciniae 0.1-0.3 mm wide, imbricate; upper surface continuous, emaculate, shiny, rugose with age, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, brown, sparsely rhizinate, the rhizines brown, simple, 0.2-0.5 mm long. Pycnidia poorly developed; conidia not found. Apothecia well developed, substipitate, 1-3 mm in diameter; spores 5x 7-8 µm.

Photobiont: Trebouxia.

Chemistry: Fumarprotocetraric acid, succinprotocetraric acid, protocetraric acid (+/- trace), conprotocetraric acid (+/- trace), usnic acid, atranorin (trace).

Ecology: on rock.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Database

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