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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
     
     
Pertusaria hartmannii Müll.Arg.
     
  Flora 65: 485 (1882)
T: Pertusaria trypetheliiformis Nyl. var. hartmannii (Müll.Arg) Müll.Arg., Flora 67: 351 (1884). T: Toowoomba, Qld, C.Hartmann s.n.; holo: G. *****Pertusaria muelleriana Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 5: 181 (1928); P. albinea Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 635 (1895), nom. illeg., non P. albinea Tuck., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 12: 177 (1877). T: Goodna, Qld, 1893, J.Shirley 1754 p.p.; holo: G.
 
     
  Thallus thin, pale greyish white to greenish white, continuous or slightly cracked, smooth to somewhat wrinkled, dull. Soredia and isidia absent. Apothecia conspicuous, scattered, sometimes confluent, verruciform, slightly flattened-hemispherical or irregular in outline, becoming constricted at the base, 0.5–1.5 (–2.5) mm diam. Ostioles conspicuous, black, 1–8 per verruca. Ascospores 2 per ascus, elongate-ellipsoidal, smooth, 120–170 (–200) × 35–60 µm. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K+ yellow → red, KC–, C–, Pd+ yellow; containing norstictic acid (major), ±perlatolic acid (major to minor), connorstictic acid (trace), ±stenosporic acid (trace) and ±lichexanthone (trace).
     
  An endemic, corticolous species in eastern Qld.  
     
   
     
     
  Archer (2004b)  

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