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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 | ||
Platythecium streimannii A.W.Archer | ||
Fl. Australia 57: 652 (2009) T: Big Tableland, 26 km S of Cooktown, Qld, 15°43’S, 145°16’E, alt. 550 m, on Acacia at edge of Eucalyptus-dominated grassland and rainforest beside a stream, 4 July 1984, H.Streimann 30884; holo: CANB. [Phaeographis exilior auct. non (Vain.) A.W.Archer: A.W.Archer, Biblioth. Lichenol. 94: 120 (2006)]. |
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Thallus greyish white, thin, smooth, dull. Ascomata numerous, crowded, inconspicuous, immersed, curved or sinuous, richly branched, 1–2 mm long, c. 0.1 mm wide; lips open, with a thin conspicuous thalline margin. Disc pale reddish brown, epruinose. Proper exciple inconspicuous. Hymenium 75–100 µm thick. Ascospores irregularly biseriate, ellipsoidal, submuriform, 4 × 2-locular, 15–18 × 7–9 µm. CHEMISTRY: No lichen compounds detected. |
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A very rare, corticolous species in north-eastern Qld; known only from the type locality. | ||
Archer (2009a) |
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