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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 | ||
| Usnea molliuscula subsp. queenslandica (Motyka) G.N.Stevens | ||
| Lichenologist 24: 238 (1992); Usnea queenslandica Motyka, Usnea 2: 612 (1938). T: Qld, J.F.Shirley s.n.; holo: W. | ||
| As subsp. molliuscula, but ... Thallus less than 5 cm long, somewhat rigid, grey-green; branches slightly inflated; papillae moderately dense; fibrils 2 (rarely 5–8) mm long. Medulla arachnoid;axis 1/4–1/3 width of branch. Apothecia 2–5 mm diam. CHEMISTRY: Cortex containing usnic acid. Medulla K+ yellow → orange-red; containing norstictic acid (major), scabrosins (major or minor), salazinic acid (minor), protocetraric acid (minor or trace), ±accessory galbinic acid (trace) and consalazinic acid (trace), or salazinic acid (minor) and galbinic acid (trace), or salazinic acid (minor) and consalazinic acid (trace). | ||
| Moderately common in parts of eastern Qld and N.S.W. at elevations of 180–1000 m. | ||
| Stevens (2004) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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