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Pseudoparmelia aptata
Pseudoparmelia aptata (Krempelhuber) Hale, 1974:189.
Parmelia aptata Krempelhuber in Nylander, 1869:291 [type collection: Kotgurh, Himalayas, India, Skoliczka 509 (M, lectotype; BM, H, K, US, isolectotypes)].
Parmelia asmarana Vainio, 1898b:37 [type collection: Asmara, Ethiopia, Levander (TUR, Vainio herbarium number 2664, lectotype)].
Parmelia nipponica Zahlbruckner, 1927:353 [type collection: Hachinoche, Japan, Faurie 1239 (W, lectotype)].
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus adnate on bark, whitish mineral gray, 6–12 cm broad; lobes sublinear to subirregular, more or less apically rotund, 2–5 mm wide; upper surface plane, continuous or cracked with age, laminally sorediate, the soralia capitate; medulla white except for pale orange pigmentation below the soralia; lower surface black, sparsely rhizinate except for a narrow marginal papillate zone. Apothecia not seen.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellow, medulla K−, C−, KC+ rose, P−; atranorin, perlatolic acid, and an unidentified pigment.
DISTRIBUTION.—Africa, India, Indonesia, Australia, and Japan.
HABITAT.—On trees (Pinus, deciduous trees), secondary forests at low to mid elevations.
- bibliographic citation
- Hale, Mason E., Jr. 1976. "A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Pseudoparmelia Lynge (Parmeliaceae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-62. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.31
