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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 | ||
| Pyrenula quassiaecola Fée | ||
Essai Crypt. Écorc., Suppl. 79 (1837) T: America; holo: PC. Verrucaria flaventior Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 17: 74 (1881); Pyrenula flaventior (Stirt.) Müll.Arg., Flora 70: 429 (1887). T: Qld, locality unknown, F.M.Bailey; holo: BRI. Pyrenula defossa Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 518 (1882). T: Toowoomba, Qld, C.H.Hartmann; holo: G. Verrucaria baileyi C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 1: 91 (1884); Pyrenula baileyi (C.Knight) Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 179 (1889). T: Helidon [Toowoomba], Qld, F.M.Bailey; holo: BRI. Trypethelium papillatum C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 76 (1886); Parmentaria papillata (C.Knight) Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 161 (1889). T: Main Range, Toowoomba, Qld, C.H.Hartmann; holo: WELT n.v.; iso: BRI. Pyrenula nitidans Müll.Arg., Hedwigia 30: 56 (1891). T: Bellenden Ker, Qld, F.M.Bailey; isosyn: BRI. Pyrenula pulchella var. cinerascens Müll.Arg., Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895); Pyrenula adacta var. cinerascens (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 1: 422 (1922). T: Brisbane, Qld, J.Shirley; isosyn: BRI. [Pyrenula nitida auct. non (Weigel) Ach.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895) p.p.] [Pyrenula adacta auct. non Fée: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895)] [Pyrenula pinguis auct. non Fée: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895)] [Pyrenula pinguis var. emergens auct. non (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895)] [Pyrenula mastophora auct. non (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895)] [Pyrenula mastophorizans auct. non Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 458 (1895)] [Pyrenula convexa auct. non (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.: J.Müller, Flora 65: 400 (1882)] |
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| Thallus brownish to olive-green, with pseudocyphellae, corticate. Ascomata solitary, subglobose, erumpent from the substratum, rarely remaining immersed, partly or almost completely covered by the thallus, c. 0.4–0.8 mm diam. Ascomatal wall with crystals, to 100 μm thick; ostiole apical, pale. Hamathecium not inspersed with oil droplets, IKI+ orange. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly biseriate, 3-septate, fusiform, with rounded or pointed ends, grey to brown, 22–38 × 8–15 μm; lumina rounded to somewhat angular; terminal lumina separated from the exospore by a thick endospore layer. CHEMISTRY: No substances detected. |
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| Widespread in eastern Qld and north-eastern N.S.W.; also on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Pantropical to warm-temperate, in lowland to montane forest. | ||
| Aptroot (2009c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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