Phyllopsora subhispidula (Nyl.) Kalb & Elix

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 subhispidula (Nyl.) Kalb & Elix

Description.

Timdal and Krog (2001).

Distribution.

Africa ( Timdal and Krog 2001), Asia.

Remarks.

This species resembles closely the more common P. buettneri , but differs in forming isidia, not lacinules (Fig. 10C). It contains argopsin (major), norargopsin (minor), zeorin (major), and sometimes atranorin (trace), similar to chemotype 4 of P. buettneri . Phylogenetically (Fig. 1), the two species are not closely related, though. Phyllopsora subhispidula is sister to the clade comprising P. nemoralis and P. hispaniolae / P. rosei (Fig. 1). It is new to Asia (Sri Lanka).