Xanthoparmelia tinctina

Xanthoparmelia tinctina is a species of lichen from the family Parmeliaceae that can be found in Arizona, California, Northern Africa and Europe. The upper surface is yellow–green, while the bottom surface is brown and is plane, 0.2–0.6 millimetres (0.0079–0.0236 in) in diameter. The apothecia are 2–10 millimetres (0.08–0.39 in) wide, the thallus is laminal and is 3–10 centimetres (1–4 in) in diameter. The disc is either cinnamon-brown or dark brown and is ellipsoided. The pycnidia are immersed, and the conidia are bifusiform, with 8-spored asci which are hyaline and ellipsoid.[3]

Xanthoparmelia tinctina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species:
X. tinctina
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia tinctina
(Maheu & A.Gillet) Hale (1974)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Parmelia tinctina Maheu & A.Gillet (1925)
  • Parmelia conspersa subsp. tinctina (Maheu & A.Gillet) Clauzade & Cl.Roux (1985)

See also

References
  1. Hale ME. (1974). "Bulbothrix, Parmelina, Relicina and Xanthoparmelia, four new genera in the Parmeliaceae". Phytologia. 28 (5): 479–90.
  2. "Xanthoparmelia tinctina (Maheu & A. Gillet) Hale 1974". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. "Ecuadorian distribution and Description and distribution". Symbiota.org. Retrieved May 29, 2012.


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