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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 | ||
| Graphis subvelata Stirt. | ||
Queensland Agric. J. 5: 488 (1899) Graphina subvelata (Stirt.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 2: 428 (1923); — Thalloloma subvelata (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, New Zealand J. Bot. 42: 118 (2004). T: Qld, locality unknown, F.M.Bailey s.n.; lecto: BM, fide R.W.Rogers, Austrobaileya 1: 504 (1982). |
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| Thallus off-white, thin, slightly cracked, smooth, dull. Ascomata numerous, black, conspicuous, immersed, curved or sinuous, usually simple, rarely branched, 1–4 mm long, 0.1–0.2 mm wide; lips closed. Proper exciple laterally carbonised. Hymenium 100–125
(–150) µm thick, inspersed. Ascospores 8 per ascus, biseriate, muriform, (6–) 8–11 × 2–3
(–4)-locular, 35–45 × 8–11 (–12) µm, I+ blue. CHEMISTRY: Pigments K+ purple-orange; containing five unknown pigments |
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| An uncommon, corticolous species in northern N.T. and south-eastern Qld; also in New Zealand, the Philippines and Norfolk Island. | ||
| Archer (2009a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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