Xanthoparmelia inconspicua Hale

Mycotaxon 29: 256 (1987).

 

 

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Type: South Africa.

 

Thallus: very tightly adnate , 3-5 cm broad, dull yellowish green; lobes sublinear, 0.3-0.6 mm wide, little branched, 1.5-2 mm long, separate to contiguous, isidia and soredia lacking; upper medulla white, lower medulla rusty red in older parts, lower surface plane, the cortex thin and fragile, brown, moderately rhizinate, the rhizines delicate, brownish translucent, simple, 0.1-0.2 mm long. Apothecia unknown. Pycnidia unknown.

Photobiont: Trebouxia.

Chemistry: Hypostictic acid, hyposalazinic acid, hypoconstictic acid, usnic acid, unidentified dull reddish pigments.

Ecology: on rock.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Database

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