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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
     
     
Astrothelium variolosum (Ach.) Müll.Arg.
     
 

Flora 68: 255 (1885)

Trypethelium variolosum Ach., Syn. Meth. Lich. 104 (1814).

T: America, coll. unknown; iso: BM-ACH.

 
     
  Thallus green to grey, smooth. Pseudostromata irregular, not distinctly raised, whitish, lacking pigments. Hamathecium not inspersed. Ascospores 3-septate, 20–23 × 7–9 μm.
CHEMISTRY: Thallus and pseudostromata UV+ yellow, K–, containing lichexanthone (or 1,8-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethoxyxanthone).
     
  Rare on bark in north-eastern Qld. Pantropical, mostly in open, lowland areas.  
     
   
     
     
  Aptroot (2009a)  

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