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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 | ||
| Anthracothecium prasinum (Eschw.) R.C.Harris | ||
in R.S.Egan, Bryologist 90: 163 (1987) Verrucaria prasina Eschw., in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 1: 124 (1833); Anthracothecium eschweileri Müll.Arg., Flora 67: 662 (1884), nom. superfl. T: Pará, Brazil, C.F.P. von Martius; lecto: M n.v., fide R.C.Harris, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 49: 79 (1989). Trypethelium pallidum C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 76 (1886); Parmentaria pallida (C.Knight) Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 163 (1889). T: Main Range, Toowoomba, Qld, C.H.Hartmann; iso: BRI. [Anthracothecium thwaitesii auct. non (Leight.) Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 457 (1895)] [Anthracothecium aurantiacum auct. non (Eschw. ex Mart.) Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 457 (1895)] |
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| Thallus brownish to dark green, without pseudocyphellae. Ascomata solitary, conical, not distinctly flattened, erumpent from the substratum, exposed, 1–2 mm diam., 0.5–1.1 mm tall. Ascomatal wall with a distinct clypeus, to 500 μm thick; ostiole whitish, apical, obconical. Ascospores 8 per ascus, often distichous, fusiform, with rounded ends, 60–90 × 30–40 μm. CHEMISTRY: — |
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| Rather common in eastern Qld. Pantropical, on trees in lowland to montane rainforest. | ||
| Aptroot (2009c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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