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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 | ||
| Lepraria eburnea J.R.Laundon | ||
Lichenologist 24: 331 (1992) T: All Saints churchyard, Fulham, London, Great Britain, in shade on moss, brick, and mortar on vertical surface of brick wall on E side of churchyard, 30 June 1987, J.R.Laundon 3185 holo: BM. |
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| Thallus in the uppermost bark layers, greenish white, effuse, finely granular. Prothalline lines distinct, dark red-brown. Photobiont in short chains; cells ellipsoidal, 10–16 × 7–10 μm. Ascomata dispersed, rounded, stellate or irregular in shape, usually not distinctly elongate, 0.24–1.80 mm wide, ±level with the thallus or slightly convex, with a dense crimson pruina. Epihymenium 20–40 μm thick, densely inspersed with crimson and, to a lesser extent, colourless crystals. Hymenium 40–50 μm thick, less densely inspersed with crimson crystals than the epihymenium. Hypothecium colourless, 40–50 μm thick. Asci dispersed, globose to subglobose, 4–8-spored. Ascospores in 3 or 4 rows, ellipsoidal to obovate, with 3 transverse septa, 22–38 × 11–16 μm, not constricted at the septa; polar cells often slightly smaller. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, C–, KC+ reddish orange, P+ yellow-orange, UV–; containing alectorialic acid (major), barbatolic acid (minor), ±protocetraric acid (minor). |
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| Rare in N.S.W., Vic. and Tas., on mosses and branches in wet forest habitats. Also known from Europe and North America. | ||
| Elix (2009i) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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