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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 limbata Vain. | ||
| Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 7: 110 (1890) T: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1885, E.A.Vainio (Lich. Bras. Exsicc. 208); holo: TUR-V 6719; iso: UPS. |
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| Thallus pale olive-green, areolate and cracked, smooth and dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia conspicuous, verruciform, flattened-hemispherical, concolorous with the thallus, scattered, sometimes confluent, becoming constricted at the base, 0.7–1.2 mm diam. Ostioles inconspicuous, pale, translucent, 1 or 2 per verruca, sometimes fusing to form a sunken translucent disc. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly biseriate, ellipsoidal to subfusiform, smooth, 65–75 (–80) × 25–30 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 2-chlorolichexanthone (major), stictic acid (major) and constictic acid (minor). | ||
| An uncommon, corticolous species in eastern Qld and north-eastern N.S.W.; also in Lord Howe Is., southern Africa and Brazil. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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