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Hypotrachyna boquetensis

Parmelia boquetensis Hale, 1974b:265. [Type collection: Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama, Hale 38878 (US).]

Thallus closely adnate on branches, 8–12 cm broad, greenish ashy gray; lobes subirregular, 3–4 mm wide, the margins toward the center becoming lobulate; upper surface smooth, cracked with age and with conspicuous marginal pycnidia; lower surface black, sparsely to moderately rhizinate. Apothecia common, adnate, 2–3 mm in diameter; spores 6μ × 12μ.

CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellow, medulla K+ red, P+ orange (atranorin and salazinic acid).

DISTRIBUTION.—Panama.

HABITAT.—On trunks and branches of hardwood trees in open pastures at about 1500 m elevation.
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Hale, Mason E., Jr. 1975. "A Revision of the Lichen Genus Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae) in Tropical America." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-73. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.25

Hypotrachyna boquetensis

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Hypotrachyna boquetensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described scientifically by lichenologist Mason Hale as a member of the genus Parmelia; he transferred it to the genus Hypotrachyna a year later. It is found in the mountains of Central and northern South America, where it grows on hardwood trunks and branches at elevations of 1,400–2,800 m (4,600–9,200 ft). It has also been recorded from India.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Elix, John A.; Nash, Thomas H. (2009). Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae, Lichenized Fungi). Flora Neotropica. Vol. 104. New York: New York Botanical Garden Press. pp. 34–35.
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Hypotrachyna boquetensis: Brief Summary

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Hypotrachyna boquetensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described scientifically by lichenologist Mason Hale as a member of the genus Parmelia; he transferred it to the genus Hypotrachyna a year later. It is found in the mountains of Central and northern South America, where it grows on hardwood trunks and branches at elevations of 1,400–2,800 m (4,600–9,200 ft). It has also been recorded from India.

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