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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 cycasicola A.W.Archer & Elix | ||
Australas. Lichenol. 61: 19 (2007) T: Berry Springs Nature Park, 47 km S of Darwin, N.T., alt. 35 m, on Cycas armstrongii, 4 Aug. 2005, J.A.Elix 37306; holo: CANB. Graphina palmicola Müll.Arg., Flora 70: 402 (1887), non Graphis palmicola Makhija & Adaw., Mycotaxon 91: 378 (2005). T: Trinity Bay, [Cairns], Qld, W.A.Sayer s.n.; holo: G; iso: MEL 515674. |
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| Thallus pale olive-green to pale fawn, smooth, dull. Ascomata conspicuous, scattered, simple, straight, curved or sinuous, rarely branched, semi-immersed, with a thick conspicuous thalline margin almost completely covering the exciple, 1–4 (–5) mm long,
0.4–0.7 mm wide; lips closed. Proper exciple completely carbonised. Hymenium 120–150 µm thick, not inspersed. Ascospores 1 per ascus, muriform, 110–125 × 25–32 µm, I+ blue. CHEMISTRY: Norstictic acid. |
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| A rare, endemic, corticolous species in northern N.T. and north-eastern Qld. | ||
| Archer (2009a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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