Flora of New Zealand Series

Parmelia hispidula Ach., Lich. Univ.: 468 (1810).

Thallus 2-4(-8) cm diam., irregularly spreading, not rosette-forming, ± loosely attached. Lobes irregular, 2-4 mm wide, flat to concave, ± canaliculate centrally, apices conspicuously upturned. Upper surface smooth, dark greenish-brown or greenish grey and in parts superficially blackened, soralia laminal, indistinctly delimited, soredia granular, greenish, often superficially blackened. Lower surface black, densely rhizinate. Rhizines simple, 1-3 mm long, projecting beyond lobe margins. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: TLC nil.

S: Nelson (Maruia Valley near Springs Junction). On twigs of divaricating shrubs at forest margins near road. Still rarely collected. Difficulties surrounding the date of effective publication of this taxon are discussed by Esslinger [ Mycotaxon 11: 423-424 (1980)], and Moberg [ Nord. J. Bot. 3: 510-511 (1983)].

Cosmopolitan