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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 gymnospora Kantvilas | ||
| Lichenologist 22: 292 (1990) T: Howards Rd, near Henty Mine, Tas., 1 May 1989, S.J.Jarman s.n.; holo: HO; iso: BM, WELT. |
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| Thallus whitish grey to pale grey, thick, warty. Soredia absent. Isidia conspicuous, numerous, to 3 mm tall, 0.8–1.2 mm wide, simple or rarely branched; apices becoming subglobose. Apothecia immersed in the tips of the isidia. Ascospores 1 per ascus, broadly ellipsoidal to subglobose, 85–180 × 50–150 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd+ red; containing protocetraric acid (major). | ||
| Muscicolous and corticolous on mossy trunks and branches in rainforest in western and south-western Tas. Also in New Zealand. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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