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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 | ||
| Phyllopsora foliata (Stirt.) Zahlbr. var. foliata | ||
Cat. Lich. Univ. 4: 397(1926). Lecidea foliata Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 17: 71 (1881). T: Brisbane, Qld, F.M.Bailey 156;lecto: GLAM n.v., fide R.W.Rogers, Austrobaileya 1: 504 (1982); isolecto: BRI. Lecidea foliata var. atrovirens C.Knight, in J.Shirley, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 6: 166 (1889); — Phyllopsora foliata var. atrovirens (C.Knight) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 4: 397(1926). T: locality unknown, Qld, F.M.Bailey 13; holo: BRI. |
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| Thallus squamulose to subfoliose; subfoliose thalli to more than 3 cm wide. Prothallus thick, usually well developed, white. Squamules small, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, ±compressed and forming a ±placodioid crust, lacinulate, imbricate, plane to convex, pale yellow to yellow-brown or pale green, glabrous or finely pubescent along the margins; isidia absent. Lacinules imbricate, ±coralloid. Upper cortex of type 2, 15–20 μm thick. Apothecia common, rounded to irregular, ±conglomerate, 0.6–1.4 mm wide, plane to moderately convex, tan to reddish brown or orange-pink, with a paler margin that is reduced or excluded in convex apothecia. Proper exciple colourless. Epihymenium colourless. Hypothecium straw-yellow to golden yellow. Ascospores simple, narrowly ellipsoidal to fusiform, 11–20 × 2–3 μm. Pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Cortex and medulla K–, C–, KC–, P–; no lichen substances detected. |
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| Common on bark and moist rocks in rainforest and coastal forest in eastern Qld, N.S.W. and eastern Vic. Also on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. | ||
| Elix (2009h) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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