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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 | ||
| Tephromela cerasina (Müll.Arg.) Rambold & Triebel | ||
Biblioth. Lichenol. 48: 170 (1992) Nesolechia cerasina Müll.Arg., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30: 72 (1891). T: San José, Costa Rica [on Dirinaria picta], 1890, H.Pittier, Pl. Costaric. Exs. 5263; holo: G. |
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| Thallus lichenicolous; independent thallus lacking or taking over part of the host lichen (Dirinaria spp.). Apothecia scattered, crowded or confluent, sessile, not constricted at the base, 0.2–0.7 mm wide; disc plane or convex, round, glossy black, epruinose; thalline exciple absent; proper exciple violet to orange-brown peripherally, orange to violet-brown internally, 25–80 µm thick. Epihymenium violet to violet-black. Hymenium pale violet to violet, 40–60 µm thick. Hypothecium orange to orange-brown, 90–110 µm thick. Ascospores simple, ellipsoidal to subglobose, 6.5–10.0 × 4–7 µm. Pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Thallus and apothecia K–, C–, KC–, P–, UV–; no lichen substances detected. |
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| Known from southern N.S.W. where it was found growing over Dirinaria applanata (Physciaceae). Also in North, Central and South America and Africa. | ||
| Elix (2009j) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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