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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 leiocarpella Müll.Arg. | ||
| Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 636 (1895) T: Qld, s. loc., 1887, C.Knight 11; holo: G. |
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| Thallus pale yellowish grey to pale greenish grey, minutely cracked and areolate, wrinkled and dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia verruciform, conspicuous, scattered, flattened-hemispherical, often irregular in outline, 0.4–0.8 mm diam. Ostioles translucent, inconspicuous, pale, becoming dark at the centre, 1 per verruca. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly uniseriate to biseriate, ellipsoidal, smooth, 55–80 × 25–35 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone (major), stictic acid (major) and constictic acid (minor). | ||
| This uncommon, corticolous species is known from eastern Qld; also in Papua New Guinea. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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