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Melliss' parmotrema lichen
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Lichens

Melliss' parmotrema lichen

Parmotrema mellissii (C.W.Dodge) Hale

Names

EnglishMelliss' parmotrema lichen
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese麦氏裸缘梅衣
Scientific nameParmotrema mellissii (C.W.Dodge) Hale

About this species

Parmotrema mellissii is a widely distributed species of corticolous lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia. Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974. The type collection was made in Saint Helena. Parmotrema mellissii has a pale yellowish-buff coloured thallus at least 12 cm (5 in) in diameter, comprising rounded lobes about 15 mm wide and long. It has been found in the southern U.S.A., the Neotropics from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, Africa (including the Canary Islands and Kenya), Asia (Japan, Laos, the Philippines), Australia and Oceania.

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Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyParmeliaceae
GenusParmotrema

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1976First record
1985Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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