Menegazzia inactiva is a species of foliose lichen found in New Zealand and Australia. The type locality of this species is in Tasmania, south of Arthur River near Sumac Road. The species was discovered on Tasmannia lanceolata in rainforest habitat. The type specimen is held at the herbarium of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Siphulella is a fungal genus in the Icmadophilaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single lichen species Siphulella coralloidea, found in southwest Tasmania. The genus and species were described as new to science in 1992 by Gintaras Kantvilas, John Elix and Peter James. The genus name is based on the superficial resemblance that S. coralloidea has to some species in the genus Siphula.
Tasmidella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae. Circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas, Josef Hafellner, and John A. Elix in 1999, it contains the single species Tasmidella variabilis, found in Tasmania. It is distinguished from the closely related genus Megalaria by having simple spores with a layered wall.
Mycoblastus is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Tephromelataceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blood lichens.
Austroparmelina is a genus of foliose lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae. It contains species formerly placed in the genera Parmelina and Canoparmelia. All species of Austroparmelina have an Australasian-South African distribution.
Gintaras Kantvilas is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 genera in the field of mycology.
Amandinea devilliersiana is a species of crustose lichen in the family Caliciaceae, and found in South Australia. It was first described in 2013 by Australian lichenologists Jack Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas from a specimen collected on a granite boulder near the seashore in South Australia. The species epithet, devilliersiana, honours Brigitte de Villiers. Specimens used for the description came from both Tasmania and South Australia.
Punctelia transtasmanica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Australasia.
Constipatic acid is a fatty acid found in several lichen species. It was isolated, identified, and named by Douglas Chester and John Alan Elix in a 1979 publication. The compound was extracted from the Australian leafy lichen called Xanthoparmelia constipata, which was collected on schist boulders west of Springton, South Australia. The related compounds protoconstipatic acid and dehydroconstipatic acid were also reported concurrently. Syo Kurokawa and Rex Filson had previously detected the compounds using thin-layer chromatography when they formally described the lichen as a new species in 1975, but had not characterised them chemically.
Punctelia pseudocoralloidea is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Australia, where it grows on bark and on wood.
Punctelia subflava is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae that occurs in Australia.
Menegazzia abscondita is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Australasia, the species was described as new to science by Australian lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas in 2012. The type specimen was collected along Gordon River Road in Tasmania at an altitude of 340 m (1,120 ft). Here it was found growing on satinwood at the edge of a wet eucalypt forest. The specific epithet abscondita means "hidden", and refers to "the effort required to collect sufficient material upon which to base its description".
Ramboldia blastidiata is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists Gintaras Kantvilas and John Elix. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the western slopes of Strzelecki Peaks on Flinders Island (Tasmania) at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft); here, in dry sclerophyll forest, it was found growing on a granite boulder. The lichen forms pale grey-green, olive-green to dull olive-brown crust-like patches up to 30 cm (12 in) wide. The authors suggest that it is widespread in temperate Australia and Tasmania, but not commonly collected. Others saxicolous lichens that it usually grows with include Ramboldia petraeoides, Lecanora farinacea, Xanthoparmelia mougeotina, and species from the genera Buellia and Rhizocarpon. The specific epithet blastidiata refers to the presence of blastidia, which are vegetative propagules that contain mycobiont and photobiont and are produced by yeast-like budding.
Xanthoparmelia canobolasensis is a lichen which belongs to the Xanthoparmelia genus. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Tasmania. Although not currently endangered it appears to fulfill the criteria under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.
Xanthoparmelia nomosa is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Tasmania, Australia.
Xanthoparmelia somervilleae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Tasmania, Australia.
Xanthoparmelia morrisii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Tasmania, Australia, it was formally described by lichenologist John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas in 2009. The species epithet honours the Tasmanian botanist Dennis Ivor Morris.
Xanthoparmelia knudsenii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by the lichenologists Arne Thell, John Alan Elix and Ulrik Søchting. The type specimen was collected from Mohave County, Arizona in May 2003. The species epithet honors American lichenologist Kerry Knudsen. The distribution of this species includes southwestern North America, extending south to central Mexico. It grows on acidic rocks in semi-open woodlands.
Xanthoparmelia freycinetiana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Tasmania, Australia, it was formally described by lichenologists John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas in 2009. The species epithet refers to Freycinet Peninsula, the type locality.
