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Parmelinella sp.1<br />

Parmelinella sp.2<br />

Parmelinella sp.3<br />

Parmelinella sp.4<br />

Figure 4.27 Parmelinella spp., scale bar = 5 mm<br />

PARMELINOPSIS (Taylor) Elix & Hale<br />

Thallus foliose, loosely to tightly adnate, lobes axils rounded, narrow,<br />

dichotomously to irregularly branched. cilia present. Upper surface pale grey, K+<br />

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

and isidia. Medulla white, C+ red or rose. Lower surface ivory to pale brown<br />

or black. Rhizines simple, till the margin. Ascocarps apothecia, laminal, sessile<br />

to subpedicellate, disc imperforate, pale brown to bark brown. Asci 8-spored.<br />

Ascospores ellipsoid, with thickened wall.<br />

Parmelinopsis sp.1 Parmelinopsis sp.2<br />

Figure 4.28 Parmelinopsis spp., scale bar = 5 mm

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