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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 | ||
| Relicina demethylbarbatica Elix & J.Johnst. | ||
| Mycotaxon 27: 612 (1986) T: Flaggy Creek, Black Mountain Road, 9 km west of Kuranda, Qld, 7 July 1984, J.A.Elix 17663 & H.Streimann; holo: CANB. |
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| Thallus foliose, adnate, to 8 cm wide. Lobes crowded but sparingly imbricate, sublinear-elongate, subdichotomously branched, short, 0.3–1.5 mm wide, elobulate; cilia numerous, moderately inflated, to 0.3 mm long. Upper surface yellow-green, flat, shiny, smooth, emaculate; isidia moderately dense to dense, cylindrical, simple or sparingly branched, short. Lower surface jet black; rhizines dense, simple, black. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K-, UV-; medulla K-, C-, KC+ yellow, P-; containing usnic acid, 4-O-demethylbarbatic acid (major) and barbatic acid (minor). | ||
| Endemic; restricted to 'dry' rainforest areas in the vicinity of Kuranda and Proserpine, north Qld. Grows on the bark of trunks and canopy branches. | ||
| Elix (1994v) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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