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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
     
     
Pertusaria doradorensis Elix & A.W.Archer
     
  in J.A.Elix, A.Aptroot & A.W.Archer, Mycotaxon 64: 20 (1997)
T: Murphys Track, Dora Dora State Forest, 18 km SE of Holbrook, N.S.W., 35°52’S, 147°28’E, 15 Nov. 1989, J.A.Elix 22975; holo: CANB.
 
     
  Thallus thin, off-white, smooth and dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia conspicuous, sparse, flattened-hemispherical, constricted at the base, becoming concave above, 1.0–1.5 mm diam. Ostioles black, punctiform, in a hyaline zone, 1 or 2 per verruca. Ascospores 4 per ascus, ellipsoidal, smooth, (82–) 95–125 × 35–40 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing planaic acid (major), 4,5-dichloro-lichexanthone (minor) and 2-O-methylperlatolic acid (minor).
     
  A rare, endemic, corticolous species known from the type locality in eastern N.S.W. and southern Vic.  
     
   
     
     
  Archer (2004b)  

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