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Pseudoparmelia subtortula
Pseudoparmelia subtortula (Hale) Hale, 1974:191.
Parmelia subtortula Hale, 1973b:3 [type collection: E. Mengo District, Uganda, Lye L202A (BM, holotype; US, isotype)].
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus as in P. tortula (Hale) Hale (see below) except the upper surface isidiate, the isidia cylindrical, simple. Apothecia not seen.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellow, medulla K−, C−, KC+ rose, P−; atranorin, norlobaridone, and neoloxodic acid.
DISTRIBUTION.—Uganda and Kenya.
HABITAT.—On rocks in open areas at about 1000 m elevation.
- 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
