Xanthoparmelia tasmanica (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hale
Phytologia 28: 489 (1974).
Basionym: Parmelia tasmanica Hook. f. & Taylor, London J. Bot. 3: 644 (1844).
Synonyms: Index Fungorum
Type: Australia, Van Diemans Land, Gunn. s.n. (FH-Tayl - lectotype; BM - isolectotype).
Thallus: adnate to usually loosely adnate on rock, rather firm, 6-15 cm broad, light yellowish green; lobes sublinear, 2-5 mm wide, contiguous to imbricate, more or less black rimmed; upper surface continuous, emaculate, shiny to dull, irregularly cracked and rugulose with age, isidia and soredia lacking; medulla white; lower surface plane, black, shiny, sparsely to moderately rhizinate, the rhizines black, simple, 0,3-1 mm long. Pycnidia common; conidia bifusiform, 0,5 x 5-7 µm. Apothecia common, substipitate, 2-10 mm in diameter; spores 5-6 x 9-10 µm.
Chemistry: Salazinic acid, consalazinic acid (+), norstictic acid (+ trace), protocetraric acid (+ trace), usnic acid.
Ecology: On rock.
Molecular data:
Distribution: Peru, Argentina. Database
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