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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 semecarpi Vain. | ||
| Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn., ser. A, 15: 367 (1921). T: Philippines, Robinson 17347; holo: TUR-VAINIO n.v. | ||
| Thallus epiphyllous, usually comprising small roundish patches, pale to medium greyish green, smooth, matt to slightly glossy; prothallus not apparent. Algae Phycopeltis; cells rectangular, forming radiating plates. Perithecia subglobose, basally constricted, 0.17–0.26 mm diam.; sides ±yellow-orange, but with a thin greyish often slightly rough covering of thallus material; apex smooth, yellow-orange to orange-brown, dull to slightly glossy; ostiole inconspicuous or a slightly darker spot. Involucrellum extending to the base of the exciple, yellow-orange to orange-brown in thin section, subtended by a thin layer of algae. Exciple c. 10 µm thick, pale yellow-brown. Asci narrowly obclavate to cylindroclavate, 55–80 × 8–12 µm. Ascospores ±fusiform to oblong, 3-septate, 17–26 × 3–6 µm; perispore not apparent. Pycnidia not seen. |  |
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| Occurs in eastern Qld and eastern N.S.W.; grows on the leaves of rainforest trees and shrubs. Also in Macaronesia, West and East Africa, Malesia, Japan and islands of the South Pacific. | ||
| McCarthy (2001b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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