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Pseudoparmelia cyphellata

Pseudoparmelia cyphellata Lynge, 1914:15 [type collection: Santa Anna da Chapada, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Malme 2532B (S, lectotype; LD, UPS, US, isolectotypes)].

Parmelia cyphellata (Lynge) Santesson, 1942:473.

DESCRIPTION.—Thallus as in P. sphaerospora (see below) except the upper surface isidiate, isidia cylindrical, rather sparse, up to 1 mm tall. Apothecia abundant, adnate to substipitate, 2–3 mm in diameter; spores 8, about 5 × 7 μm.

CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellowish, medulla yellowish to orange with color reagents; atranorin, stictic acid, and an unidentified pigment.

DISTRIBUTION.—Brazil.

HABITAT.—On trunks of trees in forest.
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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