''Flavopunctelia lobulata'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Argentina, it was described as a new species in 1987 by lichenologists

John Alan Elix John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology and biodiversity and natural ...

and Mónica Adler. The

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was collected near Las Pailas (

Salta Province Salta () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Formosa, Chaco Province, Chaco, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Es ...

), where it was found growing over

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...

es at an elevation of . It is similar in appearance to ''

Flavopunctelia praesignis ''Flavopunctelia praesignis'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described as ''Parmelia praesignis'' by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1872. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus ''F ...

'', but differs from that species in being

terricolous A terricolous lichen is a lichen that grows on the soil as a substrate. Examples include some members of the genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classificati ...

rather than corticolous, and by its smaller thalli, which measure in diameter. The

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refers to its dense, somewhat erect lobulae (small lobes) in the centre of the thallus.

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lobulata Lichen species Lichens described in 1987 Lichens of Argentina Taxa named by John Alan Elix {{Parmeliaceae-stub