A monograph of the lichen genus Parmelia Acharius sensu stricto (Ascomycotina: Parmeliaceae)

by Mason E. Hale

1987 55 pages eng

The 38 species of Parmelia Acharius sensu stricto are revised at the world level. The genus is characterized by punctate or effigurate pseudocyphellae, a black lower surface with simple, furcate or squarrose rhizines, simple hyaline spores, and cylindrical to weakly bifusiform conidia. The most freq…