Consortium of Lichen Herbaria - Hypotrachyna catawbiensis

Hypotrachyna catawbiensis (Degel.) Divakar, A. Crespo, Sipman, Elix & Lumbsch (redirected from: Everniastrum catawbiense (Degel.) Hale ex Sipman)
Family: Parmeliaceae [Cetrariastrum catawbiense (Degel.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb., more] Troy McMullin	North Carolina Biodiversity Project Resources North Carolina Biodiversity Project MB# 803557 TYPE. UNITED STATES. “monte, Le Conte ad Cliff Top (Tenn.), ad corticem Rhododendri catawbiensis, c. 1970 m s.m., lectus est.” (Degelius 1941). Description. Life form: lichenized fungus. Thallus foliose, almost fruticose, 2-4 cm across. Lobes flat to strongly convex, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, branching dichotomously; upper surface greenish, smooth. Vegetative diaspores green soredia in soralia, on upper surface of lobe tips. Lower surface black, shiny; rhizines occasional, black. Photobiont Trebouxia alga. Ascomata not reported. Chemistry. Cortex UV- K+ yellow, C-, KC-, PD-; medulla UV-, K-, KC- or + orange, PD-; soralia K- or + yellow, KC+ pink, C+ pink; atronorin, gyrophoric acid. Substrate and Habitat. On branches and wood of conifers, mostly at high elevation forests. Distribution. East Africa (Kenya), northern South America to eastern North America; in North Carolina found in the Blue Ridge ecoregion. Literature Brodo, I.M., S. Duran Sharnoff & S. Sharnoff. (2001) Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven & London. 795 pp. Degelius, G.N. (1941) Contributions to the Lichen flora of North America II. The lichen flora of the Great Smoky Mountains. Arkiv för Botanik 30A, Nr. 3: 1-80.
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