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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 | ||
| Punctelia subalbicans (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway & Elix | ||
| New Zealand J. Bot. 22: 443 (1984) Parmelia subalbicans Stirt., Scott. Naturalist (Perth) 4: 254 (1877–1878); Parmelina subalbicans (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, New Zealand J. Bot. 21: 195 (1983). T: near Wellington, New Zealand, J.Buchanan; lecto: BM, fide D.J.Galloway & J.A.Elix, loc. cit. *****Parmelia polycarpa Taylor, London J. Bot. 6: 173 (1847), nom. illeg. non Parmelia polycarpa (Ehrh.) Spreng., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 228 (1820); Parmelia polycarpina Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 6: 185 (1929). T: Swan River, W.A., J.Drummond 73 p.p.; holo: FH. *****Parmelia hypoleuca Müll.Arg., Flora 70: 317 (1887), nom. illeg. non Parmelia hypoleuca Muhl., Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 105 (1813); Parmelia victoriana Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 6: 222 (1929); Parmelia novaehollandiae Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 8: 562 (1932), nom. superfl. T: Victoria, 1887, C.French 24; holo: G. |
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| Thallus adnate, to 5–15 cm wide. Lobes elongate, irregular, 2–8 mm wide, without lobules; margins crenulate, sinuous, sometimes pruinose, darkening. Upper surface pale greenish grey to grey or grey-black, flat to convex, smooth to conspicuously rugose-plicate in older lobes, faveolate or not, waxy, matt to slightly shiny, without soredia and isidia; pseudocyphellae punctiform, developing along lobe margins and on thalline exciple of apothecia. Lower surface smooth or rugose-papillate, shiny, pale buff or creamish; rhizines sparse to moderately dense, simple, concolorous. Apothecia common, crowded centrally, subpedicellate, 2–6 mm wide; disc imperforate, concave to ±flat; thalline exciple thin, crenate, persistent, rugose, striate-verrucose, pale flesh-coloured or concolorous with thallus. Ascospores broadly ellipsoidal, 10–16 × 6–10 µm. Pycnidia common; ostiole grey-black, ±pruinose. Conidia filiform, 7–9 × 0.8–1 µm. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C+ red, KC+ red, P-; containing lecanoric acid (major), ±atranorin and ±chloroatranorin. | ||
| Very common in drier areas of southern and eastern Australia (W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T. and Vic.; also occurs in New Zealand. Grows on bark or wood. | ||
| Elix (1994u) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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