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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 subplanaica A.W.Archer & Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 45: 422 (1992) T: Patterson R., N.S.W., Aug. 1906, J.L.Boorman s.n.; holo: NSW. |
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| Thallus pale olive-green, somewhat cracked, smooth and dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia conspicuous, verruciform, scattered or sometimes confluent, concolorous with the thallus, flattened-hemispherical, constricted at the base, 0.8–1.5 mm diam. Ostioles inconspicuous, pale brown, 1 per verruca. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly uniseriate, smooth, at first ellipsoidal, becoming fusiform, (60–) 80–100 (–120) × 30–40 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing 2,2’-di-O-methylstenosporic acid (major), 4,5-dichlorolichexanthone (minor), 2’-O-methylperlatolic acid (minor), 2’-O-methyl-stenosporic acid (minor or trace), planaic acid (trace), 2,2’-di-O-methyldivaricatic acid (trace) and ±methyl 2,2’-di-O-methylstenosporate (trace). | ||
| An uncommon, corticolous species of rainforest in south-eastern Qld and eastern N.S.W.; also in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. | ||
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| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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