Parmelia asiatica A. Crespo & Divakar  

Mycobank MB 518288

Thallus corticolous, adnate, small, to 3 cm across. Lobes sublinear, separate, 1–2 mm wide. Upper surface pale greenish to whitish grey, brownish towards lobe apices, smooth, pseudocyphellate, sorediate, without isidia. Pseudocyphellae marginal, linear, appearing as continuous white rim (to 2 mm long) (Fig. 00). Soralia terminal, developing on lobe apices (Fig. 00), usually orbicular; soredia granular. Medulla white. Lower surface black, densely rhizinate, rhizines densely squarrosely branched, to 1 mm long. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. Secondary chemistry (TLC): atranorin and salazinic acid; cortex K+ yellow; medulla K+ yellow turning red, C–, KC–, P+ orange-red.