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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 | ||
Trypethelium nitidiusculum (Nyl.) R.C.Harris | ||
Acta Amazon. (Suppl.) 14: 75 (‘1984’) [1986] Verrucaria nitidiuscula Nyl., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 20: 252 (1863); Pseudopyrenula nitidiuscula (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Flora 66: 248 (1883). T: Villeta, Nova Granata [Colombia], A.Lindig 2829; iso: M n.v. Trypethelium infuscatulum Müll.Arg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 389 (1885). T: Cuba, C.Wright, Lich. Cub. 175; iso: L. [Bathelium mastoideum auct. non Ach.; Trypethelium mastoideum auct. non (Ach.) Ach.: J.Müller, Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1895: 461 (1895)] |
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Thallus green to yellowish or brown, smooth to somewhat bullate. Ascomata aggregated, immersed in pseudostromata. Pseudostromata immersed in the thallus or only slightly raised, whitish to dark brown. Hamathecium inspersed or not. Ascospores 3-septate, 20–25 × 7–10 μm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, K–; no substances detected. |
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Occurs on bark in eastern Qld, eastern N.S.W. and Tas. Mainly pantropical and subtropical in dense, lowland forest. | ||
Aptroot (2009d) |
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