Flavopunctelia

Flavopunctelia is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus contains species that are widespread in temperate and tropical areas. The genus is characterised by broad, yellow-green lobes, point-like (punctiform) pseudocyphellae on the thallus surface, and bifusiform conidia (i.e., threadlike with a swelling at both ends). All species contain usnic acid as a major secondary chemical in the cortex. Flavopunctelia was originally conceived as a subgenus of Punctelia by Hildur Krog in 1982; Mason Hale promoted it to generic status in 1984.

Species

 * Flavopunctelia borrerioides Kurok. (1999)
 * Flavopunctelia darrowii (J.W.Thomson) Hale (1984)
 * Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (1984)
 * Flavopunctelia lobulata Elix & Adler (1987)
 * Flavopunctelia praesignis (Nyl.) Hale (1984)
 * Flavopunctelia soredica (Nyl.) Hale (1984)