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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 gibberosa Müll.Arg. | ||
| Flora 65: 486 (1882) T: Tas., 1882, F.Mueller s.n.; holo: G; iso: M. *****Pertusaria woollsiana Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 485 (1882). T: Parramatta, N.S.W., 1879, W.Woolls s.n.; holo: G; iso: MEL 7288. *****Pertusaria virginea Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 486 (1882). T: Parramatta, N.S.W., 1879, W.Woolls s.n.; holo: G. *****Pertusaria moffatiana Müll.Arg., Flora 66: 79 (1883). T: Mount Macedon, Vic., 1882, Moffat; holo: G. *****Pertusaria nitidula Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 42 (1893). T: Vic., s. loc., F.R.M.Wilson 468; holo: G. *****Pertusaria graphidioides Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 42 (1893). T: Doncaster, Vic., F.R.M.Wilson 492; holo: G. *****Pertusaria microspora Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 637 (1895); P. microsporella Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 5: 180 (1928), nom. superfl. T: Loutit Bay, Vic., Luehmann s.n.; lecto: G, fide A.W.Archer, Telopea 4: 169 (1991). *****[Pertusaria communis auct. non DC.: F.R.M.Wilson, Victorian Naturalist 4: 87 (1887)] *****[Pertusaria leioplaca var. gibbosa auct. non Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 391 (1891)] *****[Pertusaria leioplaca var. octospora auct. non Nyl.: J.Müller, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 391 (1891)] *****[Pertusaria melaleuca var. octospora auct. non Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 7: 304 (1892)] *****[Pertusaria anarithmetica auct. non Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 41 (1893)]. |
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| Thallus variable, thin and discontinuous to thick and continuous, off-white or greyish white to yellowish white, slightly cracked to areolate, smooth or slightly wrinkled, dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia numerous, scattered or occasionally confluent, conspicuous, verruciform, flattened-hemispherical, becoming constricted at the base, 0.5–1.5 mm diam. Ostioles pale brown to black, 1–4 per verruca. Ascospores 8 per ascus, uniseriate, ellipsoidal, smooth, 32–65 (–70) × 20–35 µm. Pycnidia rare, 1–3 immersed in verrucae, 0.05 mm diam., black. Conidia narrowly fusiform, c. 10 × 1 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone (major), 2’-O-methylperlatolic acid (major) and ±2-O-methylperlatolic acid (minor). | ||
| The most common and widely distributed corticolous Pertusaria species in Australia (in all States and Territories except N.T.); it is especially common in the south-east. Possibly endemic, but one doubtful specimen is known from Vanuatu. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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