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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 planaica A.W.Archer & Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 45: 421 (1992) T: W of road from Goondiwindi to Miles, 63.5 km N of Goondiwindi, Qld, 28°00’S, 150°20’E, 2 Sept. 1986, J.Hafellner 18715; holo: GZU. |
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| Thallus pale greenish grey, slightly cracked and subtuberculate, smooth and glossy. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia inconspicuous, verruciform, dispersed, sometimes confluent, concolorous with the thallus, flattened-hemispherical, not constricted at the base, 0.5–0.8 mm diam. Ostioles inconspicuous, black, 1 per verruca. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly uniseriate, ellipsoidal, becoming fusiform, smooth, 80–100 × 25–35 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone (major) and planaic acid (major) | ||
| A rare, endemic, corticolous species of rainforest in Qld and N.S.W. | ||
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| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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