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Xanthoparmelia conspersa (xanthoparmelia lichen)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Xanthoparmelia conspersa (peppered rock-shield) is a foliose lichen. Rosettes are 4–12 cm in diameter. The thallus may be appressed to the substrate or may be loosely attached. Secondary metabolites found in Xanthoparmelia conspersa include usnic acid, hyposalazinic acid, stictic and norstictic acid.
View Wikipedia Record: Xanthoparmelia conspersa

Attributes

Structure [1]  Lichen

Protected Areas

Consumers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Lichenoconium usneae (usnea lichenoconium lichen)[2]
Parasitized by 
Lichenoconium usneae (usnea lichenoconium lichen)[2]
Zwackhiomyces dispersus (zwackhiomyces lichen)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0