Xanthoparmelia pustulifera
| Xanthoparmelia pustulifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. pustulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia pustulifera | |
Xanthoparmelia pustulifera is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] Found in Southern Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the lichenologists Mason Hale, Thomas Nash, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected from Cape Province at an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft), where it was found in karoo vegetation growing on open dolerite ridges. The thallus of the lichen is dull yellowish-green and reaches 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) in diameter. It contains stictic acid, constictic acid, usnic acid, and trace amounts of norstictic acid. The species epithet alludes to the isidia, which erupt into "pustulate or coarsely subsorediate masses".[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Xanthoparmelia pustulifera 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 [594]. doi:10.5962/p.418852.