Phyllopsora castaneocincta (Hue) Kistenich & Timdal

Kistenich, Sonja, Bendiksby, Mika, Vairappan, Charles S., Weerakoon, Gothamie, Wijesundara, Siril, Wolseley, Patricia A. & Timdal, Einar, 2019, A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia, MycoKeys 53, pp. 23-72 : 23

Phyllopsora castaneocincta (Hue) Kistenich & Timdal

Description.

Timdal and Krog (2001), Elix (2009), both as P. kiiensis .

Distribution.

Africa ( Timdal and Krog 2001), Asia, Australia ( Elix 2009).

Remarks.

This is one of the most common species in our material (Suppl. material 2: Table S1). It is usually easily recognized by the well-developed squamulose thallus on a reddish brown prothallus and by containing furfuraceic acid (Fig. 3A), but care is needed as about 10% of the examined specimens were actually deficient in lichen substances. It is new to Cambodia, Malaysia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, The Solomon Islands, Taiwan, and Thailand.