Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Parmelia peloloba Essl., J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 42: 129 (1977).

≡Neofuscelia peloloba (Essl.) Essl., Mycotaxon 7: 52 (1978).

Holotype: New Zealand. South I. Otago, Earnslaw Burn Valley, 1400 m, 1968, D.J. Galloway – CHR 375900.

Description : Flora (1985: 306 – as Neofuscelia peloloba).

Chemistry : Cortex K−, HNO3± dark blue-green; medulla K−, C−, KC+ rose, Pd−, UV+ (blue-white); containing alectoronic acid.

S: Otago (Earnslaw Burn). On alpine rocks, 1400 m.

Endemic

Illustration : Esslinger (1977b: 202, pl. 32, fig. 115 – as Parmelia peloloba).

Xanthoparmelia peloloba is closely related morphologically to X. bulfiniana, X. martinii and X. pictada, but is chemically distinct (see above under X. bulfiniana). Like X. peloloba, X. glabrans contains alectoronic acid (±α-collatolic acid), but differs in the flat, less elongate lobes and denser rhizines.