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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 | ||
| Psoroma caliginosum Stirt. | ||
| Proc. Roy. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 10: 295 (1877) T: near Wellington, N.Z., J.Buchanan 45; lecto: GLAM, fide D.J.Galloway. *****Psoroma dispersum Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 17: 76 (1881). T: Gippsland, Vic., H.Paton; lecto: BM, fide D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørgensen, Fl. Australia 54: 317 (1992). |
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| Thallus squamulose, closely attached to substratum, in ±rounded or irregularly spreading patches, 2–10 cm wide, on a fine, black, minutely fibrous prothallus which may extend 2–4 mm beyond squamule margins. Squamules closely appressed, flattened, smooth, lobate-crenate, rounded and scattered at margins, becoming rosette-shaped, 1–2 mm wide, coalescing into a closely attached ±imbricate mosaic centrally, matt or shining, smooth, pale greenish, yellow-green to brownish or pale glaucous, paler at margins; apices and margins slightly thickened, ±whitish pubescent, appearing 'frosted'. Cephalodia lobate-crenate, to 3 mm wide, flattened, placodioid, smooth to striate, ±frequent at margins, laminal or marginal on squamules or growing directly on prothallus, pale blue-grey or blackened to bluish brown, often concolorous with thallus when dry, with a faint blue-black cast. Apothecia sessile, closely attached to squamules or projecting above, ±central, sparse to numerous, round to irregular, 0.2–1 mm wide; margins thick, inrolled, striate-crenate, concolorous with thallus; disc flat, occasionally with small thalline lobules centrally or ±obliterated by concentric rings of thalline tissue, epruinose, matt, dark brown or black. Ascospores 17–24 × 12–14 µm. CHEMISTRY: vicanicin, pannarin, diploicin and leprolomin. | ||
| Known from Vic. and Tas. It occurs widely in N.Z. in lowland areas on trees, shrubs and occasionally rocks in damp, shaded habitats. Known also from South America. | ||
| Jørgensen & Galloway (1992a) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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