Xanthoparmelia indumenica
| Xanthoparmelia indumenica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. indumenica
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia indumenica Hale (1986)
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Xanthoparmelia indumenica is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] Found in South Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from Cathedral Peak on Rainbow Gorge (KwaZulu-Natal) at an elevation of 1,600 m (5,200 ft), where it was found growing on a sandstone boulder. The lichen has a yellowish-green thallus (darker green towards the center) that is 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) broad. It contains several secondary metabolites (lichen products): protocetraric acid, stictic acid, constictic acid, and usnic acid.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Xanthoparmelia indumenica Hale". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ Hale, M.E. (1986). "New species of the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia from Southern Africa (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae)". Mycotaxon. 27: 563–610 [580–582].