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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 bourgeanica (Elix) Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 87: 398 (2003); Paraparmelia bourgeanica Elix, Mycotaxon 59: 410 (1996). T: Western Australia. Slopes of Angwin Peak, Porongurups Range, Porongurups National Park, 19 km ESE of Mt Barker, 34°40'S, 117°51'E, 360 m, on granite rocks, J. A. Elix 41319, H. T. Lumbsch & H. Streimann, 17 Sept. 1994; holo: CANB. | ||
| Thallus small-foliose to subcrustose, adnate, saxicolous, forming irregular rosettes to 1.5 cm wide. Lobes rarely imbricate, radiating at the apices, sublinear, subdichotomously branched, 0.3-0.6 (-1.0) mm wide. Upper surface pale ash-grey, black-marginate towards the lobe apices, flat, smooth and shiny at the tips, becoming dull within, emaculate, developing dense granular pruina subapically, lacking soredia and isidia; older lobes becoming rugose and areolate. Medulla white. Lower surface pale tan to brown, darker towards the apices; rhizines sparse, simple, thick, to 0.2 mm long, concolorous. Pycnidia and apothecia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C-, P-; containing usnic acid, bourgeanic acid (major), conbourgeanic acid (minor). | ||
| Known only from the type locality on south-western W.A. | ||
| Elix (1996a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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