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