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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 | ||
| Cladonia capitellata (Hook.f. & Taylor) C.Bab. var. capitellata | ||
| in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 296 (1855); Cenomyce capitellata Hook.f. & Taylor, London J. Bot. 3: 652 (1844) as capillata. T: precise locality unknown, N.Z., J.D.Hooker; lecto: BM, fide D.J.Galloway, Fl. New Zealand Lichens 107 (1985). | ||
| Basal squamules evanescent, small, inconspicuous, 0.5–2 mm long, 0.5–1 mm diam., lobed, with crenate margins. Podetia growing from basal squamules, or dying at base, 1–5 tall, rarely to 8 cm, 0.5–2.5 mm diam., simple or branching near apices, cylindrical or subcylindrical, brittle when dry, escyphiferous, esorediate, yellowish green; branches erect, parallel, with open axils; apices open to interior of podetia, with marginal brown pycnidia or apothecia; cortex smooth, subcontinuous, areolate, occasionally squamulose near base. Apothecia terminal, single or clustered, small, 0.2–0.5 mm diam., convex, dark brown. CHEMISTRY: K+ yellow or K-, KC+ yellow, P+ yellow. Usnic acid (major), thamnolic acid (major), ±barbatic acid in apothecia. | ||
| Occurs in W.A., S.A., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas.; also in New Zealand; grows on soil. | ||
| Archer (1992b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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