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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 | ||
| Leiorreuma melanostalazans (Leight.) A.W.Archer | ||
Telopea 11: 75 (2005) Platygrapha melanostalazans Leight., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 180 (1869); — Phaeographis melanostalazans (Leight.) Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 336 (1882). T: south of the island, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], G.H.K.Thwaites 155; holo: BM. |
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| Thallus pale fawn, thin, smooth, glossy. Ascomata black, conspicuous, scattered, numerous, open, straight, curved or sinuous, usually simple, occasionally branched, immersed, 1–5 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide, with a thin thalline margin. Disc black, finely white-pruinose. Proper exciple completely carbonised, thick, wide at the base, tapering upwards. Hymenium
100–120 µm thick. Ascospores biseriate, elongate-ellipsoidal, 8–9-locular, 25–37 × 8–10 µm. CHEMISTRY: Stictic acid. |
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| An uncommon, corticolous species in north-eastern Qld; also in French Guyana, Mexico, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and the Hawaiian Islands. | ||
| Archer (2009a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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