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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 neoquintaria (Hale) Elix
     
  Mycotaxon 87: 400 (2003)
Pseudoparmelia neoquintaria Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 31: 39 (1976); Parmelia neoquintaria (Hale) Elix & G.N.Stevens, Austral. J. Bot. 27: 877 (1979); Paraparmelia neoquintaria (Hale) Elix & J.Johnst. in J.A.Elix, J.Johnston & D.Verdon, Mycotaxon 27: 280 (1986). T: Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains, N.S.W., 12 Nov. 1926, G.E. & G.Du Rietz 781; holo: UPS; iso: US.
 
     
  Thallus foliose, loosely to moderately adnate, to 10 cm wide. Lobes imbricate or not, subirregular, subirregularly branched, 1–3 mm wide; occasionally developing laciniae towards thallus centre, sublinear-elongate, subdichotomously branched, 0.5–1 mm wide. Upper surface pale grey to dark grey, flat, very shiny towards lobe apices, becoming dull, emaculate, smooth, without soredia; lobe apices blackened; isidia dense in thallus centre, scattered on marginal lobes, cylindrical, not inflated, becoming coralloid-branched, with apices syncorticate and intact. Lower surface shiny, rugulose and dull in thallus centre, pale brown to chocolate-brown, often darker towards lobe apices; rhizines very sparse to scattered, simple, often tufted, robust, concolorous or darkening. Apothecia sessile to subpedicellate, to 5 mm wide; disc shallowly concave becoming undulate-distorted, pale brown to dark brown; thalline exciple thick and involute at first, persistent, isidiate. Ascospores 6–8 × 4–5 µm. Pycnidia very rare, immersed. Conidia 4–6 × 1 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K+ yellow then pale red, C-, P-; containing atranorin, hypoconstictic acid (minor), hypostictic acid (major) and ±hyposalazinic acid (trace).
     
  A scattered species endemic in central, southern and eastern Australia (W.A., S.A., Qld and N.S.W.).  
     
   
     
     
  Elix (1994n)  

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