Australian Biological Resources Study
| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Collema implicatum Nyl. | ||
| Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 7: 428 (1863) T: near Villeta, Bogota, Colombia, Lindig 749; lecto: H-NYL 264, fide G.Degelius, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 20(2): 167 (1974). |
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| Thallus to 6 cm wide, foliose, rounded to extended, adnate, marginal lobes ascending, broadly lobate, densely to sparsely pustulate and ridged especially older parts, matt, sometimes glossy at marginal lobes, without isidia, dark to light olive-green, almost black when dry. Lobes few, rounded, imbricate; margins entire. Apothecia to 1.5 mm wide, laminal, dense, especially on ridges and centre of thallus, sessile, with constricted base; disc flat to strongly convex, epruinose, matt or glossy, red to dark red-brown; thalline exciple thick to thin, smooth, persistent, often rolled under when strongly convex. Asci 43–65 × 13–20 µm. Ascospores 40–60 × 3–8 µm, usually 6-celled; septa sometimes indistinct. Pycnidia often numerous, to 200 µm wide. Conidia 4–5 × 1.5 µm, straight, slightly swollen towards ends. | ||
| Occurs in W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas. Widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, in tropical and temperate habitats. Grows on bark. | ||
| Filson (1992d) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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