Flora of New Zealand Series

X. adpicta (Zahlbr.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Elix, D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch, Taxon 53 (4): 966 (2004).

≡Parmelia adpicta Zahlbr., Denkschr Akad Wiss Wien math.-naturwiss Kl. 104: 351 (1941).

≡Neofuscelia adpicta (Zahlbr.) Essl., Mycotaxon 7: 49 (1978).

Lectotype: New Zealand. South I. Canterbury: Bealey River, near Arthur's Pass, H.H. AllanZA 300 – W [fide Esslinger (1977b: 98)].

Description : Flora (1985: 301–302 – as Neofuscelia adpicta).

Chemistry : Cortex K−, HNO3 + dark blue-green; medulla K−, C−, KC−, Pd−; two chemodemes present: (1) stenosporic acid (major) and divaricatic acid (tr.) and (2) divaricatic acid (major) and stenosporic acid (tr.).

Divaricatic acid chemodeme (including type): N: Hawke's Bay (Mt Kaweka). S: Nelson (Hay Paddock, Mt Owen, Kakapo Peak, near Lake Cobb. On schistose rock, 540–1525 m.

Endemic

Illustrations : Esslinger (1977b: 191, pl. 21, fig. 92 – as Parmelia adpicta); Malcolm & Galloway (1997: 100, 120, 156 – as Neofuscelia adpicta); Malcolm & Malcolm (2000: 94; 2001: 61 – both as N. adpicta).

Xanthoparmelia adpicta is distinguished from X. pictada by the flat, usually elongate and discrete lobes; often strikingly crenate-lobulate lobe margins, and evenly scattered, sparse to moderate, unfused rhizines (Esslinger 1986b: 297).