Parmotrema mellissii

Parmotrema mellissii is a widely distributed species of corticolous lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia.[2] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974.[3] The type collection was made in Saint Helena. Parmotrema mellissii has a pale yellowish-buff coloured thallus at least 12 cm (5 in) in diameter, comprising rounded lobes about 15 mm wide and long.[2] It has been found in the southern U.S.A., the Neotropics from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, Africa (including the Canary Islands and Kenya), Asia (Japan, Laos,[4] the Philippines[5]), Australia and Oceania.[4]

Parmotrema mellissii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmotrema
Species:
P. mellissii
Binomial name
Parmotrema mellissii
(C.W.Dodge) Hale (1974)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia mellissii C.W.Dodge (1959)

See also

References
  1. "Synonymy: Parmotrema mellissii (C.W. Dodge) Hale". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. Dodge, Carroll W. (1959). "Some lichens of tropical Africa. III. Parmeliaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 46 (1–2): 39–193. doi:10.2307/2394567. JSTOR 2394567.
  3. Hale, Mason E. (1974). "New combinations in the lichen genus Parmotrema Massalongo". Phytologia. 28 (4): 334–339.
  4. Kukwa, Martin; Bach, Kerstin; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Flakus, Adam (2012). "Thirty-six species of the lichen genus Parmotrema (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) new to Bolivia". Polish Botanical Journal. 57 (1): 243–257.
  5. Bawingan, Paulina A.; Lardizaval, Mechell P.; Rosuman, Praxedes F.; Fajardo, Weenalei T.; Azuelo, Andrea; Elix, John A.; Hur, Jae-Seoun (2017). "Philippine Species of Parmotrema (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae)" (PDF). Philippine Journal of Science. 146 (2): 145–158.


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