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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 | ||
| Bunodophoron patagonicum (C.W.Dodge) Wedin | ||
| Pl. Syst. Evol. 187: 234 (1993); Pleurocybe patagonica C.W.Dodge, Nova Hedwigia 16: 484 (1969); Sphaerophorus patagonicus (C.W.Dodge) Ohlsson, in D.J.Galloway, New Zealand J. Bot. 21: 197 (1983). T: Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi,Rio Negro, Argentina, C.W. & B.S.Dodge 700; holo: FH. | ||
| Thallus erect, ±horizontal or sometimes weakly decumbent, often forming ±dense colonies of imbricate narrow flattened sterile branches that may be long and relatively fragile, with larger fertile branches conspicously protruding. Fertile branches distinctly flattened, short and broad to relatively long, slender and strap-like, 2–4 (–8) cm long, 2–4.5 (–6) mm wide, usually sparingly branched, but sometimes regularly and repeatedly branched, and/or with abundant small lateral branchlets. Upper surface pale olive-green to greenish brown, sometimes quite dark brown, especially in more exposed situations, smooth or usually ±rugose above the apothecia; young branches rarely pruinose. Apothecia common, terminal, 2–4 (–6) mm wide, sometimes with ±abundant branchlets along the margin. Mazaedia ventrally exposed early in their development, large and prominent. Ascospores (9–) 10–13.5 (–17.5) µm diam., reddish brown. Conidia oblong, 3–4.5 × 1.5–2 µm. CHEMISTRY: Medulla K–, P–; containing patagonic acid, isopatagonic acid, ascomatic acid, methyl ascomatate (trace), 7-O-methylnorascomatic acid (trace), methyl 7-O-methylnorascomatate (trace) and norascomatic acid (trace), usnic acid (trace in apothecia) and 4-O-demethyl-sphaerophorin (minor). | ||
| Occurs in N.S.W., Vic. and Tas.; epiphytic in various types of cool-temperate rainforest and occasionally in wet-sclerophyll forest. Also in New Zealand, Argentina and Chile. | ||
| Wedin (2001) | ||
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| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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