Comprehensive Description
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Pseudoparmelia subamplexa
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus ut in Pseudoparmelia amplexa (Stirton) Hale sed superficie sorediatus, soraliis
orbicularibus, discretis vel pro parte confluentibus; cortex superior 15–18 μm crassus, epicortatus, epicortice perforato, stratum gonidiale 15–20 μm crassum, medulla alba, 110–130 μm alta, cortex inferior 14–20 μm crassus; subtus niger, opacus, modice rhizinosus, rhizinis simplicibus. Apothecia ignota.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K−, C−, KC− or KC+ rose, P+ red; usnic acid and protocetraric acid.
HOLOTYPE.—On tree, Chishawasha, Salisbury District, S. Rhodesia, K. Schütte 34k, 30 December 1953 (LD; US, isotype).
DISTRIBUTION.—Rhodesia.
HABITAT.—On trees in arid scrub land.
- 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
