Australian Biological Resources Study
| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Platygramme australiensis Staiger & Matthes-Leicht | ||
in B.Staiger, Biblioth. Lichenol. 85: 355 (2002) T: Machans Beach, N of Cairns, Qld, Aug. 1988, K.Kalb 21181; holo: CANB. |
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| Thallus pale fawn to pale greenish fawn, thin, smooth, glossy. Ascomata scattered or clustered, sessile, open, linear to oval or irregular in outline, 1–3 mm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, lacking a thalline margin. Disc black, densely white-pruinose. Proper exciple laterally carbonised, becoming slightly sulcate. Hymenium 140–180 µm thick. Ascospores 1 per ascus, pale brown (occasionally remaining hyaline), densely muriform, 40–75 × 14–18 µm. CHEMISTRY: No lichen compounds detected. |
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| An uncommon, endemic, corticolous species in northern W.A. and eastern Qld. | ||
| Archer (2009a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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