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34 CHAPTER 4 RESULTS 4.1 Lichen diversity Epiphytic lichens ...

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HYPOTRACHYNA (Vinio) Hale.<br />

Thallus foliose, dorsiventral, loosely to tightly adnate, lobes sublinear. Upper<br />

surface whitish to grey or yellow-green, K+ yellow (usnic acid), soredia, pustules and<br />

isidia, without pseudocyphellae, cilia absent. Medulla white. Lower surface black,<br />

sometimes paler towards lobe apices. Rhizines dichotomously branched, black.<br />

Ascocarps apothecia, laminal, sessile, disc imperforate. Asci 8-spored. Ascospores<br />

ellipsoid.<br />

Hypotrachyna sp.1<br />

Hypotrachyna sp.2<br />

Figure 4.26 Hypotrachyna spp., scale bar = 5 mm<br />

PARMELINELLA (Taylor) Elix & Hale<br />

Thallus foliose, leathery, loosely adnate to adnate, lobes irregular, over 3-10<br />

mm wide, often shallowly divided, cilia present. Upper surface pale grey, K+ yellow<br />

(usnic acid), KC- (atranorin present), without pseudocyphellae, with or without<br />

soredia and isidia. Medulla white. Lower surface black. Rhizines uniform, side near<br />

the margin. Ascocarps apothecia, laminal, sessile, disc imperforate. Asci 8-spored.<br />

Ascospores ellipsoid.

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