Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia explained

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Chemistry

Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia produces constictic, norstictic, stictic, norstictic, usnic and menegazzic acids.^[6]

Taxonomy

The lichen was first formally described under the name Parmelia cumberlandia in 1847.^[7]

See also

• List of Xanthoparmelia species

Notes and References

1. Book: Goward, Trevor . The lichens of British Columbia : illustrated keys . 1994–1999 . Ministry of Forests, Research Program . Bruce McCune, Dellis Vern Meidinger, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Research Branch . 0-7726-2194-2 . Victoria, B.C. . 31651418 . 2022-05-12.
2. Book: Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region . 2002–2004 . Lichens Unlimited . Thomas H. Nash III . P Diederich . Frank Bungartz . BD Ryan. 0-9716759-0-2 . Tempe, Ariz. . 50120839.
3. Pringle . Anne . Chen . Diana . Taylor . John W. . June 2003 . http://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2003)106[0221:sficts2.0.co;2 Sexual Fecundity is Correlated to Size in the Lichenized Fungus Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia ]. The Bryologist . 106 . 2 . 221–225 . 10.1639/0007-2745(2003)106[0221:sficts]2.0.co;2 . 18394412 . 0007-2745 . 2022-05-12.
4. Web site: Cumberland Rock Shield (Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia) . 2022-05-12 . iNaturalist . en.
5. Web site: Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (Gyelnik) Hale . 2022-05-12 . www.gbif.org . en.
6. Deduke . C. . Piercey-Normore . M. D. . July 2014 . A potential trade-off with stictic acid improves ascospore viability in Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia . The Bryologist . en . 117 . 3 . 290–296 . 10.1639/0007-2745-117.3.290 . 83971068 . 0007-2745 . 2022-05-12.
7. Hale . Mason E. . 1967 . New Taxa in Cetraria, Parmelia, and Parmeliopsis . The Bryologist . 70 . 4 . 414–422 . 10.2307/3240783 . 3240783 . 2022-05-12.