Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia

Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Xanthoparmelia
Species:
X. cumberlandia
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
(Gyeln.) Hale (1974)
Synonyms

Parmelia cumberlandia Gyeln.

Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia is a lichen which belongs to the Xanthoparmelia genus. It is also known as a member of the rockfrong lichens due to its coloration.[2]

Description

Grows to around 6–12 cm in diameter with irregular lobate lobes. The upper surface of the lichen has rounded lobed tips with yellow-green or blueish green areas on the surface.[3]

Habitat and range

Commonly found attached to acid rocks in sheltered and semi-sheltered open coastal and intermontane areas at lower elevations as such it is commonly found in across North America except in deserts and open plains.[2][4][5][6]

Chemistry

Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia produces constictic, norstictic, stictic, norstictic, usnic and menegazzic acids.[7]

Taxonomy

The lichen was first formally described under the name Parmelia cumberlandia in 1847.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia". NatureServe Explorer Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia. NatureServe. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 23 Aug 2022.
  2. ^ a b Goward, Trevor (1994–1999). The lichens of British Columbia : illustrated keys. Bruce McCune, Dellis Vern Meidinger, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Research Branch. Victoria, B.C.: Ministry of Forests, Research Program. ISBN 0-7726-2194-2. OCLC 31651418. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  3. ^ Thomas H. Nash III; P Diederich; Frank Bungartz; BD Ryan, eds. (2002–2004). Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region. Tempe, Ariz.: Lichens Unlimited. ISBN 0-9716759-0-2. OCLC 50120839.
  4. ^ Pringle, Anne; Chen, Diana; Taylor, John W. (June 2003). "Sexual Fecundity is Correlated to Size in the Lichenized Fungus Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia". The Bryologist. 106 (2): 221–225. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2003)106[0221:sficts]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 18394412. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  5. ^ "Cumberland Rock Shield (Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  6. ^ "Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (Gyelnik) Hale". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  7. ^ Deduke, C.; Piercey-Normore, M. D. (July 2014). "A potential trade-off with stictic acid improves ascospore viability in Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia". The Bryologist. 117 (3): 290–296. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-117.3.290. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 83971068. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  8. ^ Hale, Mason E. (1967). "New Taxa in Cetraria, Parmelia, and Parmeliopsis". The Bryologist. 70 (4): 414–422. doi:10.2307/3240783. JSTOR 3240783. Retrieved 2022-05-12.


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