''Platismatia interrupta'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in southern Russian Far East, and Japan, it was formally described as a new species in 1968 by William and

Chicita Culberson Chicita Frances Culberson (born Chicita Frances Forman, November 1, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American lichenologist. Education She graduated with a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati in 1953, where she also met her future h ...

. The species epithet ''interrupta'' refers to the indistinct and discontinuous reticulation of the upper thallus surface. The lichen of one of the most common foliose macrolichens in Japan, particularly at high elevations, where it grows on tree trunks and on boulders. The authors called it the "Far Eastern equivalent" of the common and widespread ''

Platismatia glauca ''Platismatia glauca'' is a common and widespread species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Taxonomy It was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work ''Species Plantarum''. William ...

'', which is absent in Asia.

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Parmeliaceae Lichen species Lichens described in 1968 Lichens of Japan Lichens of the Russian Far East Taxa named by William Louis Culberson Taxa named by Chicita F. Culberson {{Parmeliaceae-stub