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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 | ||
| Leptogium javanicum Mont. | ||
| Syll. Gen. Sp. Crypt.: 379 (1856) T: Sindoro, Java, F.Junghuhn; holo: L. |
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| Thallus foliose, loosely adnate or subpulvinate, 3–8 cm wide, 60–120 µm thick, pale to darkened leaden grey. Lobes rotund to ±oblong, ±undulate; apices ±recurved, 2–4 mm wide; margins entire or sinuate, undulate ±recurved. Upper surface ±matt, wrinkled, ±bullate, not isidiate; wrinkles fine, very closely anastomosing. Lower surface naked or with minute rhizines. Apothecia laminal to submarginal, pedicellate, 1.5–5 mm wide; disc concave to flat, reddish brown; thalline exciple smooth, ±cream; pedicel hollow, dilated, vertically plicate, attached at upper margin of thalline exciple. Ascospores ellipsoidal, 25–35 × 13–15 µm. Pycnidia submarginal to laminal. Conidia 2–3 µm long; apices ±swollen. | ||
| Occurs in north-eastern Qld as far south as Hinchinbrook Is. The species is probably pantropical, being recorded from New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Central and South America and from India. | ||
| Verdon (1992b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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