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Punctelia transtasmanica
Punctelia transtasmanica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Australasia.
From the article Punctelia transtasmanica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The lichen has a foliose, pale-grey to blue-grey to green-grey thallus measuring 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) wide, with a fairly loose attachment to its substrate. The thallus comprises crowded lobes, sometimes overlapping, each measuring 1–4 mm. The thallus surface is more or less smooth with wrinkles near the centre, and has soredia and pseudocyphellae. The undersurface of the thallus is wrinkled, brownish black to black in colour, with many simple (unbranched) brown to black rhizines. The results of standard lichen spot tests are cortex K+ (yellow); medulla K−, C+ (red), KC+ (red), P−. Punctelia transtasmanica contains the secondary chemicals atranorin, chloroatranorin (both minor), lecanoric acid (major), and gyrophoric acid (trace amounts).
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 405458.