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Pseudoparmelia violacea
Pseudoparmelia violacea (Kurokawa) Hale, 1974: 191.
Parmelia violacea Kurokawa in Hale and Kurokawa, 1964: 158 [type collection: Blinkwater Ravine, Table Mountain, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, Almborn 1771 (LD, holotype)].
DESCRIPTION.—Thallus closely adnate on rock, greenish mineral gray, 3–6 cm in diameter; lobes sublinear, 1–3 mm wide; upper surface plane to distinctly rugulose, continuous; medulla vinaceous purple; lower surface pale brown, moderately rhizinate, the rhizines pale. Apothecia adnate, 1–1.5 mm in diameter; spores not developed.
CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellowish, medulla K+ purple, P−; unidentified anthraquinones.
DISTRIBUTION.—Union of South Africa.
HABITAT.—On rocks in open forest.
- bibliographic citation
- Hale, Mason E., Jr. 1976. "A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Pseudoparmelia Lynge (Parmeliaceae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-62. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.31
