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 trevethensis A.W.Archer | ||
| Mycotaxon 41: 248 (1991) T: The Black Gap, Black Trevethen Ra., 21 km SSW of Cooktown, Qld, 4 July 1984, J.A.Elix 17336; holo: CANB. |
||
| Thallus dull yellow-brown, smooth and glossy, slightly cracked; margin well defined. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia conspicuous, verruciform, concolorous with the thallus, scattered, rarely confluent, flattened-hemispherical, 0.5–1.0 mm diam. Ostioles inconspicuous, black, punctiform, 1–4 per verruca. Ascospores 4 per ascus, fusiform, smooth, 80–105 × 28–35 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd–; containing stictic acid (major), 4,5-dichloro-lichexanthone (minor) and constictic acid (trace). | ||
| This endemic, saxicolous species is known only from the type locality in north-eastern Qld. | ||
| . | ||
| 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.