in Elix, Johnston & Armstrong, Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 15, 3: 256 (1986).
Basionym: Parmelia glareosa Kurok. & Filson, in Filson, Aust. J. Bot. 30, 5: 536 (1982).
Type locality: Australia, NSW, 9 mi E of Cooma on Numeralla Road, Kurokawa 6447 (TNS - holotype; MEL - isotype).
Type locality coordinates: Data lacking.
Molecular barcode: Data lacking.
Thallus: foliose, loosely adnate on pebbles, 5-12 cm broad, dull yellowish green; lobes sublinear to subirregular, 1-2.5 mm wide, irregularly constricted, contiguous to imbricate, with numerous secondary lobes 0.4-1 mm wide developing in the center; upper surface continuous, emaculate, shiny, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, black, moderately to densely rhizinate, the rhizines black, simple to sparsely furcated at maturity, 0.2-0.8 mm long. Pycnidia lacking. Apothecia common, substipitate, 2-6 mm in diameter; spores 6x 10-12 µm.
Photobiont: Trebouxia.
Chemistry: Norstictic acid, connorstictic acid, salazinic acid (+/-), usnic acid.
Ecology: on soil or on rocks.
Distribution Type: Data lacking.
Taxonomy: Data lacking.
Note:
Lichens of the Pacific Northwest