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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 | ||
| Menegazzia globulifera R.Sant. | ||
| Ark. Bot. 30A(11): 30 (1942) T: Puesto Millaldeo, N of Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 16 Jan. 1929, H.Roivainen; holo: S. |
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| Thallus closely attached, rosette-forming to irregularly spreading, 1–3 cm wide, or scattered and fragmentary. Lobes subdichotomously to irregularly branched, 1 mm wide, flat to concave. Upper surface smooth, shining, pale yellow-green, often faintly pale yellow-blotched. Perforations rounded, sparse, to 0.5 mm wide. Soralia numerous, laminal, often arising from edge of perforations, becoming ±elevated, flange-like and eventually helmet-shaped and vesicular. Lower surface naked, smooth, slightly shining, eperforate, black or brownish black; apices brownish. Apothecia unknown. CHEMISTRY: usnic and lecanoric acids; medulla K-, C+ rose, KC+ red, P-. | ||
| Occurs in Tas. on bark; on twigs of trees and shrubs in exposed alpine vegetation in clearings, rare in rainforest; also in New Zealand and southern South America. | ||
| James & Galloway (1992) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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