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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 | ||
| Porina alba (R.Sant.) Lücking | ||
| Biblioth. Lichenol. 88: 412 (2004); Phyllophiale alba R.Sant., Symb. Bot. Upsal. 12(1): 557 (1952). Porina mirabilis R.Lücking & Vĕzda, Willdenowia 28: 211 (1998). T: Caño Negro National Wildlife Reserve, Costa Rica, 10°54'N, 84°47'W, Feb. 1992, R.Lücking 92-2874; holo: M n.v. | ||
| Thallus epiphyllous, usually comprising small round patches that can coalesce to form extensive colonies, pale grey-green to yellowish grey, smooth to minutely uneven, dull to slightly glossy; prothallus not apparent. Algae Phycopeltis; cells angular, irregular or long-rectangular, some clusters of cells radiating, but not forming large radiating plates. Whitish short-stalked deeply concave disciform isidia common, to 0.1 (–0.15) mm diam. Perithecial verrucae at first applanate, later convex to subconical with a gradually spreading base, 0.35–0.6 (–0.7) mm diam.; wall containing a layer of colourless crystals; apex ±plane to rounded; ostiole usually inconspicuous; periostiolar area concolorous, pale reddish brown or brown-black. Involucrellum apical and ±vestigial. Exciple c. 10–12 µm thick, pale yellowish brown. Asci mostly narrowly cylindrical, 85–110 × 10–14 µm. Ascospores ±bacilliform, 7-septate, 35–48 × 3–4.5 µm; apices obtuse to subacute, often with a distinctly more acute proximal apex; perispore not apparent. Pycnidia not seen. |  |
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| Occurs in north-eastern Qld; grows on the leaves of shrubs and trees in lowland rainforest. Also in the Neotropics, West and East Africa, SE Asia and New Guinea. | ||
| McCarthy (2001b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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