Comprehensive Description
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Pseudoparmelia neoquintaria
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus laxe adnatus, saxicola, cinereo-albidus, 3–7 cm latus, lobis sublinearibus, 1–2 mm latis, margine laciniatis; superne planus, continuus vel aetate rimosus, isidiatus, isidiis cylindricis, simplicibus vel ramosis, usque ad 0.5 mm altis; cortex superior 10–15 μm crassus, epicorticatus, epicortice perforato, stratum gonidiale 10–15 μm crassum, medulla alba, ca 200 μm crassa, cortex inferior paraplectenchymatus, 10–12 μm crassus; subtus castaneus, modice rhizinosus, rhizinis elongatis, simplicibus, castaneis. Apothecia ignota.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellow, medulla K− or K+ reddish, C−, KC−, P−; atranorin and the “quintaria” unknowns.
HOLOTYPE.—Australia: New South Wales, Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains, G.E and G. Du Rietz 781, 12 November 1926 (UPS; US, isotype).
DISTRIBUTION.—Australia.
HABITAT.—On exposed sandstone rocks.
- bibliographic citation
- Hale, Mason E., Jr. 1976. "A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Pseudoparmelia Lynge (Parmeliaceae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-62. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.31
