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Nephromopsis ornata (Müll. Arg.) Hue |
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Nomenclatural data
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Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 4, 2: 90, 1900. – Cetraria ornata Müll. Arg., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 122, 1891. – Type: Japan, Mt. Ontake, No. 109. – Nephromopsis delavayi Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 4, 1: 219, 1899. – Type: China, Yunnan. Lopinchan, Lanhong, alt. 3200 m, 31.07.1888, R. P. Delavay (DUKE). – Cetraria delavayi (Hue) M. Satô in Nakai & Honda, Nov. Fl. Jap. 5: 48, 1939. – Nephromopsis endoxantha Hue, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 4, 1: 220, 1899. – Type: Japan, Togakushi, 17.09.1898, U. J. Faurie 776 (KY – lectotype, DUKE – isolectotype). – Tuckermannopsis endoxantha (Hue) Gyeln., Acta Fauna Fl. Universali, Ser. 2, Bot. 1, 5/6: 6, 1933. – Cetraria endoxantha (Hue) D. D. Awasthi, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 9, 1983.
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Morphology
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Description – see Randlane & Saag (1998).
Typical characters. Thallus dorsiventral, upper surface greenish yellow, lower surface brown to almost black. Lobes rather wide (8–15 mm). Medulla pale yellow, K + deep yellow.
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Chemistry
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Contains usnic acid in the cortex; secalonic acids A or C in the medulla, occasionally several fatty acids and traces of endocrocin and fumarprotocetraric acid are also present.
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Remarks
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A beautiful and easily recognized lichen characterized by the brown or black underside and yellow medulla. If fertile, the nephromoid apothecia often very large (to 20 mm in diameter) and attractive.
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Ecology and distribution
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Distributed in China, Japan, Russia and South Korea (see Fig. 6 in Randlane & Saag 1998). In China it has been found in Jilin, Sichuan, Taiwan, and Yunnan provinces (Wei 1991); probably also occurs in Tibet although not yet recorded. Corticolous on coniferous and deciduous trees in forests at lower and medium altitudes (up to 3200 m).
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Literature
Randlane, T. & Saag, A. 1992. | Randlane, T. & Saag, A. 1998. |Randlane, T. & Saag, A. 2004. | Randlane, T., Saag, A. & Obermayer, W. 2001. | Randlane, T., Saag, A., Thell, A. & Kärnefelt, I. 1994. | Randlane, T., Thell, A., & Saag, A. 1995. | Thell, A., Randlane, T., Saag, A. & Kärnefelt, I. 2005.
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