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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 mucronata Stirt. | ||
Trans. Glasgow Soc. Field Naturalists 4: 95 (1876) Phaeographis mucronata (Stirt.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 2: 382 (1923); — Platygramme mucronata (Stirt.) A.W.Archer, Biblioth. Lichenol. 94: 136 (2006). T: Riverina District, N.S.W., 1875, H.Paton s.n.; lecto: BM, fide R.W.Rogers, Austrobaileya 1: 504 (1982). Phaeographis australiensis Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 504 (1882). T: Parramatta, N.S.W., W.Woolls s.n. lecto: G, fide A.W.Archer, Telopea 8: 463 (2000). Phaeographis subcompulsa Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 503 (1882). T: Nepean River, [near Sydney], N.S.W., 1880, W.Woolls s.n.; holo: G; iso: MEL 515586. Phaeographis cinerascens Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 503 (1882). T: Nepean River, [near Sydney], N.S.W., W.Woolls 81; holo: G; iso: MEL 515594. Phaeographis inscripta Müll.Arg., Flora 65: 504 (1882). T: Nepean River, [near Sydney], N.S.W., W.Woolls s.n.; holo: G. Graphis aulacothecia C.Knight, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 41 (1882). T: [near Sydney], N.S.W., 1880, C.Knight 7 [vol. 204, p. 7]; lecto: WELT, fide A.W.Archer, Telopea 8: 463 (2000). [Graphis scripta var. serpentina auct. non Nyl.: J.Müller, Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 57 (1893)]. |
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| Thallus pale greyish white, thin, slightly cracked, smooth, dull. Ascomata conspicuous, black, numerous, straight or sinuous, sometimes branched, semi-immersed to sessile, 1–3
(–6) mm long, (0.15–) 0.20–0.30 mm wide, smooth, usually with a well-defined thalline margin; lips closed or slightly open. Proper exciple usually laterally carbonised, occasionally almost completely carbonised. Hymenium (100–) 120–150 µm thick, not inspersed. Ascospores 8 per ascus, biseriate, fusiform, mucronate at both apices, (7–) 8–10 (–11)-locular, (30–) 35–45 (–55) × 6–10 µm, I+ blue. CHEMISTRY: Norstictic acid. |
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| A common, corticolous species in south-western W.A., south-eastern Qld, N.S.W., Vic. and Tas.; also on Norfolk Island and in New Zealand. | ||
| Archer (2009a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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