Comprehensive Description
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Pseudoparmelia chapadensis
Pseudoparmelia chapadensis (Lynge) Hale, 1974:189.
Parmelia chapadensis Lynge, 1914:153 [type collection: near Bocca da Serra, Serra da Chapada, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Malme 2297B (S, lectotype)].
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus closely adnate on rock, yellowish green, 1–1.5 cm broad; lobes sublinear, short, 0.5 mm wide, convex and expanded at the tips; medulla yellowish; lower surface pale brown, moderately rhizinate. Apothecia common, sessile, 0.5–1.0 mm in diameter; spores 8, 4–5 × 8–10 μm.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellow, medulla K+, C+, KC+ yellowish, P+ red; unidentified substances present.
DISTRIBUTION.—Brazil.
HABITAT.—Rocks in open areas.
- 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
