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| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Collema quadriloculare F.Wilson var. quadriloculare | ||
| Victorian Naturalist 6: 61 (1889) T: Mt Macedon, Vic., June 1888, F.R.M.Wilson; holo: MEL 10346. |
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| Thallus to 6 cm wide, rarely 10 cm, adnate or partly ascending, membranous, smooth to rugose, matt, without isidia or rarely with terete lobules, dark olive-green to blackish green. Lobes to 4 mm wide, rounded; margin entire or slightly incised, sometimes slightly undulate, ascending. Apothecia scattered to dense, to 1.0 mm wide, laminal or marginal, appressed to sessile with constricted base; disc flat, matt, epruinose, dark red to blackish red; thalline exciple thin to moderately thick, entire, not prominent. Asci 50–65 × 15–22 µm. Ascospores 20–30 × 4.5–5.0 µm, linear-oblong, straight to slightly curved, with 4, rarely 6, cells of about equal size. Pycnidia to 170 µm wide, sparse, laminal and marginal. Conidia not seen. | ||
| Occurs in Qld, A.C.T., Vic. and Tas.; endemic. | ||
| Filson (1992d) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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