Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Parmelia subaurifera var. subglabra Räsänen, Annls Bot. Soc. zool.-bot. fenn. Vanamo 2: 19 (1932).

Descriptions : Flora (1985: 272). See also Elix (1994j: 65).

Chemistry : Cortex K−, HNO3-; medulla K−, C+ rose. KC+ rose-red. Pd−; containing gyrophoric acid, 5- O -methylhiascic acid and traces of unidentified compounds.

N: Gisborne (Mt Hikurangi), Wellington (Tongariro National Park, Rimutaka Forest Park). S: Nelson (Springs Junction), Canterbury (Boyle River). On bark of mountain, silver and red beech, often at forest margins. Also in Tasmania (Elix 1994j; Kantvilas et al. 2002; McCarthy 2003c, 2006) and southern South America (Esslinger 1977b, 1986b; Galloway & Quilhot 1999; Calvelo & Liberatore 2001).

Austral

Illustrations : Flora of Australia 55 (1994: xv, fig. 17); Kantvilas et al. (2002: 63).

Melanelia subglabra is characterised by: the corticolous habit; the pale olive-brown to reddish brown thallus; presence of soredia; and lack of cortical hairs.