Bryoria araucana
Bryoria araucana is a species of lichen in the genus Bryoria.
Etymology
Bryoria araucana was named after the IX Región de la Araucanía in Chile, which is the only known area for the species, as was the case in the name Araucaria araucana.Description
Thallus pendent to subpendent, 6–12 cm long; isotomic to anisotomic dichotomously branched, angles between dichotomies mainly obtuse, rarely acute; branches terete, even, main branches at base 0.2–0.4 mm diameter, tips to 0.1 mm diameter; terminal portions with few lateral branchlets acutely inserted. Surface dark grey to dark greyish brown, shiny, base ordinarily black; cortex prosoplectenchymatous. Soralia and isidia are lacking. The pseudocyphellae are inconspicuous, depressed, fusiform, concolorous to slightlydarker than the thallus, sometimes faintly pruinose, straight or twisted, up to 1.5 mm
long. The photobiont is trebouxioid. Apothecia and conidiomata are unknown. Chemistry. Inner cortex and medulla C−, K−, KC−, PD+ yellow turning red, sometimes faint. TLC: fumarprotocetraric acid is the main substance, with protocetraric and confumarprotocetraric acids in trace amounts.