Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Parmelia ensifolia Kurok. in M.E. Hale & S. Kurokawa, Contr. U. S. Natn. Herb. 36: 172 (1964).

Description : Flora (1985: 198)

Chemistry : Cortex K+ yellow; medulla K−, C−, KC+ pink, Pd−; containing atranorin, alectoronic and α-collatolic acids (UV+ blue-white).

S: Otago (Mt Brewster). On bark and twigs of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (mountain beech) at treeline. Probably more widely distributed in beech forests, but still very poorly known in New Zealand.

Palaeotropical

Illustration : Hale (1975: 36, fig. 10d).

Hypotrachyna ensifolia is characterised by: the corticolous habit; the dichotomously branching lobes, and the copious development of marginal and laminal, flattened phyllidia.