''Flavopunctelia lobulata'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Argentina, it was described as a new species in 1987 by lichenologists John Alan Elix and Mónica Adler. The type specimen was collected near Las Pailas (

Salta Province Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...

), where it was found growing over

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

es at an elevation of . It is similar in appearance to ''

Flavopunctelia praesignis ''Flavopunctelia praesignis'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described as ''Parmelia praesignis'' by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1872. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus ''F ...

'', but differs from that species in being

terricolous A terricolous lichen is a lichen that grows on the soil as a substrate. An example is some members of the genus ''Peltigera ''Peltigera'' is a genus of approximately 100 species of foliose lichens in the family Peltigeraceae. Commonly known as ...

rather than corticolous, and by its smaller thalli, which measure in diameter. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

refers to its dense, somewhat erect lobulae (small lobes) in the centre of the thallus.

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lobulata Lichen species Lichens described in 1987 Lichens of Argentina Taxa named by John Alan Elix {{Parmeliaceae-stub