Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Parmelia brattii Essl. in C.F. Culberson & T.L. Esslinger, Bryologist 79: 42 (1976).

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

Holotype: New Zealand. South I., Otago: Mt Roy, Lake Wanaka, G.C. Bratt72/1531 – DUKE.

Descriptions : Flora (1985: 302 – as Neofuscelia brattii). See also Elix (1994k: 70).

Chemistry : Cortex K−, HNO3 + dark blue-green; medulla K−, C−, KC+ rose or reddish, Pd−; containing 4- O -methylolivetoric acid (major), ±olivetoric acid (tr.), ±microphyllinic acid (tr.), ±scabrosin 4-acetate 4'-butyrate (Elix 1994k).

N: Hawke's Bay (Mt Kaweka). S: Nelson (Lake Cobb, Mt Owen, Ruby Lake), Otago (Mt Roy, Lake Wanaka). On alpine rocks 900–1500 m. Also in Australia (Esslinger 1986b; Elix 1994k; McCarthy 2003c, 2006).

Australasian

Illustration : Flora of Australia 55 : xv, fig. 18 (1994 – as Neofuscelia brattii).

Xanthoparmelia brattii is characterised by: the saxicolous habit; the loosely adnate to adnate thallus, the brown-black to black lower surface, the absence of isidia, and the presence of medullary 4- O -methylolivetoric acid.