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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 | ||
| Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll.Arg. | ||
| Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, app. 1: 47 (1894) Patellaria vitellina Hoffm., Descr. Pl. Cl. Crypt. 2: 5 (1794). T: not known. |
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| Thallus sometimes almost absent, sometimes almost continuous, of dull, granular, frequently flattened, scattered areolae, occasionally solitary, gathered into small groups, or into small pulvinate clusters, golden yellow to yellow-orange, greenish yellow in shade. Apothecia to 1.5 mm wide, sessile, solitary, sometimes clustered; disc flat to convex, yellow-orange; exciple at first entire becoming crenulate, sometimes becoming granular-sorediate, sometimes disappearing, concolorous with thallus; hymenium to 85 µm tall including granular yellow epihymenium. Asci 37.5–50 × 16–20 µm. Ascospores to 32 per ascus, ellipsoidal to long-ellipsoidal, simple, often appearing 2-celled, occasionally slightly curved, 8–12 × 4–6 µm. | ||
| A cosmopolitan species; occurs in all southern States and the A.C.T.; also on Heard Is., Lord Howe Is. and Norfolk Is. | ||
| Filson (1992a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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