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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 subvariolosa (C.Knight) Aptroot | ||
Australas. Lichenol. 60: 40 (2007) Verrucaria subvariolosa C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 78 (1886); Anthracothecium subvariolosum (C.Knight) C.Knight ex Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 182 (1889). T: Qld, locality unknown, J.Shirley; holo: WELT n.v.; iso: BRI. Trypethelium planum C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 77 (1886); Parmentaria plana (C.Knight) Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 162 (1889). T: Enoggera, [near Brisbane], Qld F.M.Bailey; holo: WELT n.v. Trypethelium umbilicatum C.Knight, in F.M.Bailey, Syn. Queensland Fl., Suppl. 1: 77 (1886); Parmentaria umbilicata (C.Knight) Shirley, Lich. Fl. Queensland 4: 161 (1889); Bottaria umbilicata (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 462 (1895). T: Toowoomba, Qld, C.H.Hartmann; holo: WELT n.v.; iso: BRI. [Anthracothecium doleschallii auct. non A.Massal. ex Kremp.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 457 (1895)] |
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Thallus yellowish to olive-green, lacking pseudocyphellae, corticate. Ascomata solitary, subglobose, immersed to erumpent from the substratum, usually partly covered by the thallus, c. 0.4–0.7 mm diam. Ascomatal wall without crystals, to 200 μm thick; ostiole apical, pale. Hamathecium not inspersed with oil droplets, IKI–. Ascospores 8 per ascus, irregularly biseriate, submuriform, with c. 5 transverse septa, the end locules simple, with only a few medial locules longitudinally septate, fusiform, with pointed ends, grey to brown, 34–72 × 15–33 μm; lumina angular. CHEMISTRY: No substances detected. |
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Locally abundant in rainforest in eastern Qld, N.S.W. and Tas.; endemic. | ||
Aptroot (2009c) |
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