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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 | ||
| Haematomma infuscum (Stirt. ex F.M.Bailey) R.W.Rogers | ||
| Lichenologist 14: 124 (1982). Lecanora punicea var. infusca Stirt. ex F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 5: 38 (1899); Haematomma puniceum var. infuscum (Stirt. ex F.M.Bailey) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 5: 770 (1928). T: Jimbour, Qld, F.M.Bailey s.n.; lecto: BM, n.v., fide R.W.Rogers, Lichenologist 14: 124 (1982). | ||
| Thallus white to cream-coloured, yellow-grey or pale grey, smooth to rugulose and slightly warty, weakly rimose, c. 0.3 mm thick; cortex poorly developed, esorediate. Apothecia sessile, constricted at the base, 1.0–1.5 mm diam., not confluent; disc orange-red to red-brown, epruinose; thalline margin prominent, smooth to crenulate. Ascospores fusiform, straight or slightly curved, 5–7-septate, 35–55 × 3.5–5.0 µm. Conidia curved-filiform, 14–16 × c. 0.8 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K+ yellow, C–, KC–, Pd+ yellow; disc K+ red; containing atranorin, placodiolic acid (major), russulone (minor) and ±psoromic acid (major). |  |
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| A scattered, corticolous species in humid forests of eastern Qld and N.S.W.; also in Central and South America. | ||
| Elix (2004c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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