It was described as a new species by the lichenologist John A. Elix in 2004. The type specimen was collected at Bells Creek, along Inverness Road, 27 km ENE of Biloela, Queensland, Australia at an elevation of 180 metres. The species epithetbiloelensis derives from the Latin suffix "-ensis" meaning "place of origin" and refers to the township of Biloela near where the type specimen was collected.[2]
Description
The lichen forms a small- foliose (leafy) to somewhat crustose thallus that is tightly to very tightly adnate to its substrate , growing to 3–5cm in width. It has contiguous lobes that are rarely weakly imbricate , flat, somewhat linear to irregular, and irregularly branched, measuring 0.5–1.0mm wide. The upper surface is yellow-green but darkens with age, appearing shiny at the tips and dull and wrinkled ( rugulose ) within the thallus. With age, the thallus develops transverse cracks and becomes areolate in the centre. The upper surface lacks isidia and soredia (propagules for vegetative reproduction). The medulla is white, while the lower surface is pale brown to brown, darker at the apices, with sparse, simple , robust rhizines measuring 0.1–0.2mm long.[2]
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