[AegeanLichens]

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by H. Sipman
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1 February 2007, partially 13 January 2009; updated and extended Dec. 2013
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Species of Protoparmeliopsis in the Aegean:

 

 
Protoparmeliopsis achariana (A.L. Sm.) Moberg & R. Sant. -
[Protoparmeliopsis achariana]
(Sipman 53948); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis bolcana (Pollini) Lumbsch -
[Protoparmeliopsis bolcana] [Protoparmeliopsis bolcana]
(Sipman 53652); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 53737) with Acarospora sp. (brown); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis bolcana] [Protoparmeliopsis bolcana]
(Sipman 53764); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. apothecia (Sipman 54560); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis configurata (Nyl.) ined. -
[Protoparmeliopsis configurata] [Protoparmeliopsis configurata]
Chios (Sipman & Raus 59039); click for enlargement. (Sipman 53766); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis graeca (J. Steiner) Sipman & Cl. Roux - This taxon seems well separated from P. muralis by its thicker, more convex lobes. Some specimens (53681) agree with P. graeca by containing norstictic acid, while others lack this substance (53769, 54363).
[Protoparmeliopsis graeca] [Protoparmeliopsis graeca]
(Sipman 53681) with norstictic acid; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 53769) without norstictic acid; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis graeca]
(Sipman 54363) without norstictic acid; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis klauskalbii (Sipman) Senkard. - TLC: terpenoids incl. zeorin (like Protoparmeliopsis muralis, no usnic acid).
[Protoparmeliopsis klauskalbii] [Protoparmeliopsis klauskalbii]
(Sipman 53654); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (53717); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis laatokkaensis (Räsänen) Moberg & R. Sant. -
[Protoparmeliopsis laatokkaensis] [Protoparmeliopsis laatokkaensis]
(Sipman 54003); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 53881); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis laatokkaensis]
(Sipman 54393); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis muralis (Schreb.) M. Choisy - One, morphologically indistinguishable, specimen appears to contain norstictic acid, the diagnostic substance for Protoparmeliopsis graeca; it differs morphologically from the specimens treated as such above.
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[Protoparmeliopsis muralis] [Protoparmeliopsis muralis]
(Sipman 53964), thallus; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 53964), apothecia; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis muralis] [Protoparmeliopsis muralis]
(Sipman 54002); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 54169); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis muralis] [Protoparmeliopsis muralis]
(Sipman 54431); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 53734); picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis muralis] [Protoparmeliopsis muralis]
(Sipman 54511) with small lobes; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement. (Sipman 54117) with norstictic acid; picture length = 7 mm; click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis vaenskaei (Cl. Roux et C. Coste) Cl. Roux -
[Protoparmeliopsis vaenskaei]
Thasos (Sipman & Raus 59039); click for enlargement.
 
Protoparmeliopsis versicolor (Pers.) M. Choisy - Grows on calcareous rock, unlike the other Aegean representatives of the genus.
[Protoparmeliopsis versicolor] [Protoparmeliopsis versicolor]
Methana peninsula (Sipman & Raus 60416); click for enlargement. Thasos (Sipman & Raus 60416); click for enlargement.
[Protoparmeliopsis versicolor]
Samothraki (Sipman & Raus 60416); click for enlargement.
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