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| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Xanthoparmelia blackdownensis Elix & J.Johnst. | ||
| Mycotaxon 29: 360 (1987). T: north of Horseshoe Lookout, Blackdown Tableland, Leichhardt district, Qld, 27 Jan. 1983, D.Verdon 5243; holo: CANB. | ||
| Thallus small-foliose, adnate to tightly adnate, to 1–2 cm wide. Lobes barely imbricate or not, mostly widely separate, flat, subirregular to sublinear-elongate, irregularly branched, 0.5–1 mm wide. Upper surface yellow-green, shiny at least near lobe apices, emaculate, becoming transversely or irregularly cracked, without soredia; lobe margins smooth; isidia in thallus centre, cylindrical, simple, apices syncorticate. Medulla white. Lower surface pale tan to light brown; lobe apices darker, shiny; rhizines sparse to moderately dense, simple, short, concolorous. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-; containing usnic acid, diffractaic acid (major), 4-O-demethylbarbatic acid (minor) and 3-a-hydroxybarbatic acid (trace). | ||
| Rare, endemic, known from Qld. Grows on rock. | ||
| Elix (1994z) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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