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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 | ||
| Parmotrema recipiendum (Nyl.) Hale | ||
| Phytologia 28: 338 (1974) Parmelia recipienda Nyl., Flora 68: 609 (1885); Rimeliella recipienda (Nyl.) Kurok., Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 10: 7 (1991); Canomaculina recipienda (Nyl.) Elix, Mycotaxon 65: 477 (1997). T: Brazil, coll. unknown; holo: H-NYL. |
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| Thallus loosely adnate, coriaceous, to 5–12 cm wide. Lobes rotund, 7–15 mm wide; margins crenate; cilia moderately dense to dense at apices, often branched, 1–3 mm long. Upper surface pale grey to grey, flat, shiny, strongly white-maculate, lacking soredia and isidia. Lower surface brown, often blackening near centre; lobe margins brown; short rhizines dense to lobe margins, simple, 0.2–0.5 mm long; long rhizines coarse, 1.5–3.5 mm long. Apothecia common, pedicellate, 10–30 mm wide; disc perforate, dark brown to black-brown; thalline exciple rugose, white-maculate. Ascospores 12–19 × 6–10 µm. Pycnidia abundant. Conidia filiform, 10–13 × 1 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C-, KC+ rose, P-; containing atranorin, chloroatranorin and norlobaridone. | ||
| A common species on bark in drier hinterland areas of Australia (N.S.W.); also occurs in South America. | ||
| Elix (1994y) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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