Relicinopsis intertexta (Mont. & Bosch) Elix & Verdon

Pseudoparmelia intertexta

Pseudoparmelia intertexta (Montagne and van den Bosch) Hale, 1974:190.

Parmelia intertexta Montagne and van den Bosch in Montagne, 1856:327 [type collection: Java, Junghuhn (L, lectotype; PC, isolectotype)].

Parmelia ecoronata Nylander, 1873:64 [type collection: Pulo-Penang, Malaya, Collingham [Cunningham in publication] (H, Nylander herbarium number 32999, lectotype)].

Parmelia subrupta Nylander in Nylander and Crombie, 1883: 51 [type collection: Allagajah, near Malacca, Malaya, Maingay (BM, lectotype; H, isolectotype)].

Parmelia gracilis Müller Argoviensis, 1887:317 [type collection: Daintree River, Australia, Pentzke (G, lectotype); not Parmelia gracilis (Persoon) Sprengel, 1827:277 (= Usnea)].

Parmelia relicina var. ecoronata (Nylander) Müller Argoviensis, 1891:378.

Parmelia gracilenta Vainio, 1900:6 [type collection: Based on Parmelia gracilis Müller Argoviensis].

DESCRIPTION.—Thallus closely adnate, corticolous, marguerite yellow, 3–10 cm in diameter; lobes sub-linear-elongate, 0.5–2 mm wide; upper surface more or less convex, faintly maculate; lower surface pale brown to tan, densely rhizinate, the rhizines simple to densely branched, pale. Apothecia numerous, adnate, 0.7–2 mm in diameter; spores 8, 3–5 × 5–7 μm.

CHEMISTRY.—Cortex K+ yellowish, medulla K−, C−, KC+ rose, P+ orange red; atranorin, protocetraric acid, protolichesterinic acid, and usnic acid.

DISTRIBUTION.—Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

HABITAT.—On canopy branches of trees (dipterocarps and Quercus)in rain forest at 150–1600 m elevation.