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Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale

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Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale, Phytologia 28: 339 (1974)
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Pantropical

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Hale
Nyl.
(Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
1974
339
ICN
species
Parmotrema tinctorum

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tinctorum

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Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale

Thallus orbicular to irregularly spreading, loosely attached, large, 5-20 cm diam., corticolous or saxicolous. Lobes rounded, 10-15 mm wide, margins entire, sinuous, often minutely crenate or isidiate. Upper surface whitish-grey, smooth, shining, often maculate (×10 lens), densely isidiate. Isidia mainly simple, rarely coralloid-branched, granular-papillate to coarse, cylindrical, brown-tipped, to 2 mm tall, laminal and marginal. Lower surface black with a broad brown, naked marginal zone. Rhizines central, long, black, simple, rather sparse. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C+ red, KC+ red, Pd-. Lecanoric acid and atranorin.

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Parmelia tinctoria Despr. ex Nyl.
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
Parmotrema tinctorum (Nyl.) Hale
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
Parmotrema tinctorum (Nyl.) Hale

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Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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scientific name
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1 January 2000
10 June 2025
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