Australian Biological Resources Study
| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Pertusaria melaleucoides Müll.Arg. | ||
| Flora 67: 284 (1884) T: [probably Wellington], New Zealand, 1883, C.Knight s.n.; holo: G. *****Pertusaria atropunctata A.W.Archer, Mycotaxon 41: 224 (1991). T: Buckenbowra R. estuary, 7.5 km W of Batemans Bay, N.S.W., 29 May 1983, J.A.Elix 11004; holo: CANB. |
||
| Thallus greyish white, areolate and cracked, dull, Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia verruciform, immersed to flattened-hemispherical, concolorous with the thallus, 0.5–1.0 mm diam. Ostioles conspicuous, black, 1–4 per verruca, fusing to form an irregular black pseudolecideine disc 0.3–0.6 mm diam. Ascospores 2 per ascus, elongate-ellipsoidal, smooth, 85–100 (–120) × 30–40 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; no lichen compounds detected. | ||
| An uncommon, corticolous species in south-eastern N.S.W.; also in New Zealand. Usually found on Avicennia at sea level. | ||
| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Australian Biological Resources Study. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed in the first instance to Dr P. McCarthy. These pages may not be displayed on, or downloaded to, any other server without the express permission of ABRS.