Xanthoparmelia crassilobata
Species of lichen-forming fungus
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Xanthoparmelia crassilobata is a species of terricolous (soil-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] Found in South Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from Cape Province at an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft), where it was found growing on soil on flat dolerite outcrops in a pasture. The lichen has a leathery and bright yellowish-green thallus, measuring 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) in diameter, that grows with a loosely adnate attachment to its substrate of soil and loose pebbles. It contains salazinic acid and usnic acid.[2]
| Xanthoparmelia crassilobata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. crassilobata |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia crassilobata Hale (1986) | |
