Relicina subabstrusa (Gyeln.) Hale

Relicina subabstrusa

Relicina subabstrusa (Gyelnik) Hale, 1974:485.

Parmelia subabstrusa Gyelnik, 1931:288 [based on P. abstrusa f. laevigata Lynge].

Parmelia limbata f. endococcinea Müller Argau, 1887:318 [type-collection: Russell River, Australia, Sayer 19 (G, lectotype)].

Parmelia abstrusa f. laevigata Lynge, 1914:147 [type-collection: Bocca da Serra, Serra da Chapada, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Malme (S, lectotype)].

Parmelia endococcinea (Müller Argau) Gyelnik, 1931:288.

Parmelia decaryana Gyelnik, 1934:153 [type-collection: Tsantsani, Anjouan, Comoro Island, Decary (BP, holotype)].

Parmelia kilauae f. laevigata (Lynge) Gyelnik, 1935:37.

Thallus adnate on bark, 4–8 cm broad; lobes sublinear, 0.5–2 mm wide; bulbate cilia numerous, strongly inflated, to 1 mm long; upper surface plane, continuous; lower surface black, densely rhizinate, the rhizines black, simple (Figure 8c). Apothecia very common (frequency 83%), adnate, 1–3 mm in diameter, the exciple strongly coronate; spores 8, 4 × 7–8 μm.

CHEMISTRY.—Medulla K+ yellow turning red, C−, KC−, P+ orange, norstictic and usnic acids with or without salazinic acid.

HABITAT.—On trunk and branches of dipterocarps in Old World rain forest and in secondary forest at sea level to 850 m elevation and on trees at mid elevations in the New World.

DISTRIBUTION.—Taiwan, Philippines, Sarawak, Australia, Comoro Islands, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Relicina subabstrusa är en lavart som först beskrevs av Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik och som fick sitt nu gällande namn av Mason Ellsworth Hale.

Relicina subabstrusa ingår i släktet Relicina och familjen Parmeliaceae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.