| Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. cumberlandia |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (Gyeln.) Hale (1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
Parmelia cumberlandia Gyeln. | |
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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [2] [4] [5] [6]
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia produces constictic, norstictic, stictic, norstictic, usnic and menegazzic acids. [7]
The lichen was first formally described under the name Parmelia cumberlandia in 1847. [8]
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