Xanthoparmelia convoluta
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| Xanthoparmelia convoluta | |
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| In Whyalla Conservation Park, South Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. convoluta |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia convoluta | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Xanthoparmelia convoluta is a vagrant lichen in the family Parmeliaceae found in Australia. It lacks rhizenes that hold it to a substrate, so it lives its life moving about in the wind.[2]
