Hypogymnia magnifica
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Hypogymnia
Species: Hypogymnia magnifica
Name[edit]
Hypogymnia magnifica X.L.Wei & McCune, 2010
Diagnosis: Thallus corticola, laxe adnatus vel imbricatus; ad >30 cm diametro, planiusculus; cortex superior albicans ad subviridi-griseus, sparse pertusus; lobi cavi, 1-4(5) mm lati; cavitas nigra; cortex inferior sparse pertusus, rugosus, Niger; soredia vel isidia desunt; apothecia brunnea, ad 10 mm diametro; ascosporis 6.0-7.7 x 4.0-5.0 µm. Cortex K+ flavescens, KC-; medulla K-, C-, KC- vel KC+ aurantiaca vel rubra, P+ aurantiaca vel rubra. Thallus atranorin et acidum physodalicum continentia.
Type: CHINA. Yunnan Province: Lijiang Co., Laojuen Mt., Jiushijiulong Lake, 26.632oN 99.728oE, 4100 m, L.S. Wang 00-20250 (KUN, holotype; isotypes: HMAS, OSC).
Ecology and substrate: Hypogymnia magnifica occurs on bark and wood, usually of Abies, Sabina, and other conifers in high-elevation conifer forest in Yunnan and Sichuan, China.
Etymology: The epithet "magnifica" refers to the magnificent field appearance of strikingly large rosettes on trunks of conifers.
References[edit]
- Wei, Xinli; McCune, B.; Wang, Lisong and Wei, Jiangchun (2010) Hypogymnia magnifica (Parmeliaceae), a new lichen from southwest China. The Bryologist 113(1): 120–123. (RLL List # 218 / Rec.# 32287 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.1.120) (JSTOR) (Black-and-white photos of Hypogymnia magnifica: p. 121, figs. 1-5) (World distribution map: p. 122, fig. 6)