Parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae) in southernmost South America Author Elvebakk, A. TromsØ University Museum, University of TromsØ - Arctic University of Norway, N- 9037 TromsØ, Norway. arve. elvebakk @ uit. no Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA, FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, N- 9296 TromsØ, Norway. jarle. werner. bjerke @ nina. no Author Bjerke, J. W. Author Støvern, L. E. Department of Marine and Arctic Biology, University of TromsØ - Arctic University of Norway, N- 9037 TromsØ, Norway. Present address: Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, N- 9269 TromsØ, Norway. leif. einar. stovern @ skogoglandskap. no text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-06-20 173 1 1 30 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.173.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.173.1.1 1179-3163 5142714 Hypotrachyna brevirhiza (Kurok.) Hale (1975: 26) This species was described with its type ( S ) from Mina Elena at Isla Riesco , Magallanes ( Hale & Kurokawa 1968 ). The species was described as common in southernmost South America , a conclusion confirmed by our studies. All studied specimens contain atranorin and salazinic acids (majors), and norstictic acid (minor) . Specimens examined : ARGENTINA . PROVINCIA DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO : Río Irigoyen , Stenroos , S . 2715 ( H ; immixed with, and filed below Menegazzia magellanica ) . CHILE . XII REGIÓN DE MAGALLANES : Parque Nacional Torres del Paine , 2 km N of Salto Grande , 51 ° 04’S , 73 ° 01’W , 80 m , on S-facing rocks and on bases of Berberis microphylla , 7 Dec 2000 , Elvebakk , A . 00:921 ( TROM ); Lago Pehoe NW , 500 m SE of Refugio y Camping Pehoe , 51 ° 04’30”S , 73 ° 07’W , 80 m , on a log in a river gorge, 6 Jan 1998 , Elvebakk , A . 98:060 ( TROM ); Lago Pehoe E , at Camping Pehoe , 51 ° 07’S , 73 ° 01’W , on Nothofagus antarctica , Mar 1998 , Elvebakk , A . 98:343 & Bjerke , J . W . ( TROM ) ; Puerto Natales , Cerro Dorotea , on sandstone rocks, 9 May 1940 , Santesson , R . 8246a ( S ), Seno Skyring , N part, 3 km W of Puerto Altamirano , 52 ° 35’S , 72 ° 06’W , 30 m , on a fallen log of Nothofagus antarctica , 30 Nov 1999 , Elvebakk , A . 99:979 ( TROM ); Península Brunswick , Punta Arenas W , Río de las Minas , 100 m , on Nothofagus pumilio , 12 Mar 1992 , Elvebakk , A . 92:003; 21 Mar 1992 , Elvebakk , A . 92:082 ( TROM ) .