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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 convexa (Elix) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Elix, D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch | ||
| Taxon 53: 967 (2004); Neofuscelia convexa Elix, Mycotaxon 65: 485 (1997). T: Western Australia. Yilliminning Rock, 18 km NE of Narrogin, 32°57'S, 117°22'E, 320 m, on large exposed granite outcrop, J. A. Elix 41058a, H. T. Lumbsch & H. Streimann, 12.ix.1994; holo: CANB. | ||
| Thallus minutely foliose to subcrustose, saxicolous, loosely adnate to adnate, 1-2 cm wide. Lobes not imbricate, separate or contiguous, sublinear, subdichotomously to irregularly branched, 0.1-0.3 mm wide. Upper surface dark brown to black-brown, convex, slightly shiny at the lobe apices, lacking isidia and soredia; becoming areolate in thallus centre. Medulla white. Lower surface tan to pale brown; rhizines sparse, robust, concolorous or becoming darker. Pycnidia and apothecia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Cortex K-, HNO3+ pale to dark blue-green, medulla K+ yellow then orange, C-, P+ orange-red; containing norstictic acid (major), connorstictic acid (minor). | ||
| Known only from the type locality in south-western W.A. | ||
| Elix (1997b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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