Australian Biological Resources Study
| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Xanthoparmelia hafellneri Elix, in Elix & Kantvilas | ||
| Mycotaxon 73: 444 (1999). T: New South Wales: Tweed Range, Border Ranges National Park, The Pinnacle, NE of Wiangaree, 28°23'S, 153°07'E, ca. 1000 m, on basaltic rocks on ridge, J. Hafellner 19136, P. Merrotsy & R. W. Rogers, 31 Aug. 1986; holo: GZU; iso: CANB. | ||
| Thallus foliose, loosely adnate, to 4 cm wide. Lobes loosely imbricate, sublinear-elongate, subdi- or subtrichotomously branched, 1.0-2.0 mm wide; occasionally with narrower laciniae along the margins or in the centre of the thallus, laciniae 0.5-1.0 mm wide. Upper surface dull yellow-green, more or less flat, emaculate, without soredia; with laminal isidia and lobules; isidia moderately dense, subglobose or rarely short-cylindrical, simple, apices epicorticate, intact, pale; lobules scattered, flattened, 0.1-0.3 mm wide. Medulla white. Lower surface shiny, smooth or rugulose, pale brown to chocolate brown, darker at apices; rhizines very sparse, simple, dark brown. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Cortex K+ pale yellow, medulla K-, C-, KC+ rose, P-; containing atranorin (minor), usnic acid (minor), norlobaridone (major), loxodin (minor). | ||
| Known only from the type locality in north-eastern N.S.W. | ||
| Elix & Kantvilas (1999a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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