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Parmotrema tinctorum
Figure 4.30 Parmotrema tinctorum, scale bar = 5 mm
RELICINA Elix & H. Sipman
Thallus foliose, adnate to tightly adnate, rounded lobes, narrow, yellow green,
margins with bulbate cilia. Upper surface pale green to yellow-green (usnic acid),
with or without isidia, without soredia and pseudocyphellae. Medulla loosely packed,
white Lower surface pale tan to black, Rhizines simple, usually colourless, not
continuous to the margin. Ascocarps apothecia, common, laminal, sessile, pale brown
to dark brown. Asci 8-spored. Ascospores 3-12 x 2-6 µm, ellipsoid.
Relicina sp.1
Relicina sp.2
Figure 4.31 Relicina spp., scale bar = 3 mm