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 | ||
| Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl. | ||
| Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 4, 15: 42 (1861); Lobaria hypopsiloides (Nyl.) Trevis., Lichenotheca Veneta 75 (1869). T: New Caledonia, s. loc.,"ad cortices in montibus", E.Vieillard 1796; holo: ?PC n.v. | ||
| Thallus irregularly spreading, 4–10 (–15) cm wide, growing from a rooted basal holdfast and a short supporting stalk 5–10 mm tall. Lobes subdichotomously to irregularly branched, elongate-laciniate, rather narrow and delicate, 2–5 (–7) cm long, 1–5 (–8) mm wide, contiguous to ±imbricate centrally, with rounded sinuses, plane to ±canaliculate; margins entire, thickened below; apices distinct and ±divergent. Upper surface pale grey-green to pale olivaceous or suffused red-brown when dry, lettuce-green to olive-green when wet, irregularly wrinkled-ridged to punctate-impressed or ±faveolate in parts, matt or glossy; without isidia, maculae, phyllidia or soredia. Photobiont green. Lower surface whitish near apices to dark red-brown near stalk, wrinkled or ridged-striate, conspicuously costate centrally, glabrous at margins, thinly tomentose near central rib. Cyphellae scattered, pin-prick-like; margins swollen; pit membrane white. Apothecia occasional to rare, marginal and laminal, sessile, 0.5–1.5 mm diam.; disc yellow-orange to red-brown, waxy; exciple thin, entire, whitish. Ascospores ellipsoidal-fusiform, 1–3-septate, 28–30.5 (–33.5) × 8.5–11 µm, colourless. |  |
|
| A rare epiphyte in montane rainforest in north-eastern Qld. Also occurs in Java, New Guinea and New Caledonia. | ||
| Galloway (2001b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Australian Biological Resources Study. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed in the first instance to Dr P. McCarthy. These pages may not be displayed on, or downloaded to, any other server without the express permission of ABRS.