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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 | ||
| Physma chilense Hue | ||
| Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 5, ser. 9: 126 (1906) T:southern Chile, undated, C.Gay; holo: PC, n.v., fide A.Hue, loc. cit. |
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| Thallus on bark, foliose, adnate, spreading to subpulvinate, ±fenestrate, 1–4 cm wide, 250–500 µm thick. Lobes ascending to erect, contiguous to imbricate, sometimes anastomosing, oblong, 1–3 mm wide; margins thickened, ascending, ±incurved, undulate, crenate or lobulate, often pruinose. Upper surfacebluish leaden or darkened, ±tomentose; tomentum short, whitish to pale golden brown; cortex poorly developed. Lower surface ecorticate, pale yellowish brown; tomentum as on upper surface; rhizines simple to fasciculate, whitish to tan. Apothecia laminal and marginal, 1.2–3 mm wide, sessile or subpedicellate, concave to flat or becoming undulate, brown to reddish brown; thalline exciple crenate to lobulate or with anastomosing outgrowths, ±concolorous with thallus, ±pruinose. Ascospores ellipsoidal, 15–20 × 10–13 µm; episporium thin or absent. Pycnidia not seen. | ||
| This interesting species has a Southern Hemisphere distribution and is recorded from southern Chile and New Zealand. In Australia, it is known from Vic. and Tas. | ||
| Verdon (1992c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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