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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 psoromica A.W.Archer & Elix | ||
| Mycotaxon 50: 206 (1994) T: Kaiwaka, Otamea County, North Is., New Zealand, J.K.Bartlett 24219; holo: AK 192231. |
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| Thallus dull fawn or pale olive-green, areolate and cracked, smooth or subtuberculate, somewhat glossy. Isidia absent. Soralia numerous, conspicuous, hemispherical or discoid, white, initially pustulate, composed of granular soredia, 0.5–2.0 mm diam. Apothecia not seen. CHEMISTRY: Thallus K–, KC–, C–, Pd+ intense yellow; containing psoromic acid (major) and conpsoromic acid (minor). | ||
| This corticolous species occurs in rainforest in eastern Qld and north-eastern N.S.W.; also in Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Is. and New Zealand. | ||
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| Archer (2004b) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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