Xanthoparmelia maricopensis
| Xanthoparmelia maricopensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. maricopensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia maricopensis T.H.Nash & Elix (1986)
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Xanthoparmelia maricopensis, the Maricopa rock-shield, is a 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 in) wide, yellow-green foliose lichen in the Parmeliaceae family. It grows on igneous rock in southwestern North American deserts.[1][2][3]
Description[]
The thallus is tightly adnate to the substrate, with irregular somewhat shiny 1–2 mm lobes.[2] It differs from in that it has and the lobes are usually more narrow and convex. The lower surface is tan and has unbranched rhizenes.[3]
Metabolites[]
The upper cortex is K-, C-, KC-, and P-. The medulla is K+ yellow to orange, C-, KC-, P+ orange.[2] The upper cortex has usnic acid as a secondary metabolite.[2] The medulla has norstictic acid and traces of and .[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
It is common in lower elevations of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, southern California, and north and south Baja California to Chihuahua, Mexico and Sonora Mexico.[2] In Joshua Tree National Park it grows on non-calcareous rock, soil, basalt, gneiss, and monzogranite.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Xanthoparmelia maricopensis in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.), Map collection, Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana.
- ^ a b c d e f Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol 2., Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001.
- ^ a b Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2. Page 138.
- Lichens described in 1986
- Lichens of North America
- Xanthoparmelia