in Elix, Johnston & Armstrong, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 15(3): 268 (1986).

Basionym: Parmelia incerta Kurok. & Filson, Bull. natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 1: 39 (1975).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Type: xxx.

Thallus: foliose, adnate to tightly adnate, 3-5 cm broad, yellowish green; lobes subirregular, 1-2.5 mm wide, crowded and imbricate, often black rimmed; upper surface continuous, emaculate, dull, rugulose with age, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, black, sparsely rhizinate, the rhizines brown to black, coarse, simple, 0.2-0.4 mm long. Pycnidia common, xxxx substipitate, 2-8 mm in diameter; spores 5-7 x 7-11 µm.

Photobiont: Trebouxia.

Chemistry: Salazinic acid, consalazinic acid, constipatic acid (+/-), 4-O-methylhypoprotocetraric acid (+/-trace), usnic acid.

Ecology: on rock.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Database

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