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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 | ||
| Phyllopsora neofoliata Elix | ||
Australas. Lichenol. 59: 26 (2006) T: Max Nicholls Track, Lord Howe Is., 31°31’08”S, 159°03’03”E, on tree in lowland forest, 20 June 1992, J.A.Elix 32714; holo: CANB. |
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| Thallus squamulose, effuse, to 5 cm wide. Prothallus well developed, white. Squamules
0.3–0.8 mm wide, adnate at first, isodiametric, plane to weakly convex, crenate-incised to digitate-incised, imbricate, later ascending, lacking isidia but becoming lacinulate. Upper surface yellow-green to pale green, glossy or often becoming finely pubescent along the squamule margins. Lacinules common, growing from the lobe apices or margins, initially subglobose, becoming elongate and ±imbricate. Upper cortex of type 2, 5–15 μm thick. Apothecia common, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, solitary or conglomerate; disc plane to convex, pale yellow-orange to pale tan or orange-brown, ±darker in the centre, immarginate or with a distinctly paler margin that is pubescent at least in some immature apothecia. Proper exciple pale orange-tan. Epihymenium golden yellow. Hypothecium intensely golden yellow. Ascospores simple, narrowly ellipsoidal, 10–15 × 2–3 μm. Pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Cortex and medulla K–, C–, KC–, P–, UV+ blue-white; containing furfuraceic acid (major), ±physodic acid (minor or trace). |
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| Known from rainforest and coastal forest in eastern Qld, N.S.W. and Lord Howe Island. | ||
| Elix (2009h) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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