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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 flaccidum (Ach.) Ach. | ||
| Lichenogr. Universalis 647 (1810) Lichen flaccidus Ach., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1795: 14 (1795). T: Östergötland, Sweden, Aug. 1909, Hulting; neotype of Lichen rupestris Sw. (on which L. flaccidus is based): UPS, fide G.Degelius op. cit. 142. |
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| Thallus to 3 cm wide, membranous, adnate, fragile, deeply lobate, matt or somewhat glossy, dark olive-green; isidia dense, often covering older parts of thallus, globose. Lobes rounded, sometimes imbricate; margin entire, sometimes isidiate. Apothecia scattered to crowded, to 0.8 mm wide, sessile, broadly adnate or base constricted; disc flat or convex, matt or glossy, pale to dark red, sometimes with white pruina; thalline exciple thin, entire, sometimes becoming crenulate, slightly prominent. Asci 65–85 × 15–20 µm. Ascospores 30–48 × 4.5–5 µm, broadly acicular to oblong, straight or slightly curved, ends obtuse or acute, 4–6-celled, not constricted. Pycnidia uncommon, to 200 µm wide; pycnidial gel hyaline. Conidia 3–4 × 1 µm, straight, slightly swollen towards ends. | ||
| A widely distributed lichen; in Australia recorded for N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas. | ||
| Filson (1992d) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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