Xanthoparmelia Cumberlandia

''Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia'' is a lichen which belongs to the ''Xanthoparmelia'' genus. It is also known as a member of the rockfrong lichens due to its coloration.

Description

Grows to around 6–12 cm in diameter with irregular lobate lobes. The upper surface of the lichen has rounded lobed tips with yellow-green or blueish green areas on the surface.

Habitat and range

Commonly found attached to acid rocks in sheltered and semi-sheltered open coastal and intermontane areas at lower elevations as such it is commonly found in across North America except in deserts and open plains.

Chemistry

''Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia'' produces constictic, norstictic, stictic, norstictic, usnic and menegazzic acids.

Taxonomy

The lichen was first formally described under the name ''Parmelia cumberlandia'' in 1847.

See also

* List of ''Xanthoparmelia'' species

References

cumberlandia
Lichen species
Lichens of North America
Lichens described in 1934

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