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Punctelia Pseudocoralloidea
''Punctelia pseudocoralloidea'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Australia, where it grows on bark and on wood. Taxonomy The lichen was first formally described as a new species by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik in 1931. The type specimen was collected near the lower Murray River by Charles French in 1887, and sent to Gyelnik for identification. In 1983, David John Galloway and John Elix proposed synonymising ''Parmelia pseudocoralloidea'' with '' Parmelia subrudecta'', but later research suggested that this taxon is heterogeneous. For this reason, the name ''P. pseudocoralloidea'' was retained for use with the Australian species, as the type was collected from the Australian mainland, in contrast to the type for ''P. subrudecta'', which was collected from Saint Paul Island. Seven decades after Gyelnik's original publication, John Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas proposed transferring the taxon to ''Puncteli ...
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Punctelia
''Punctelia'' is a genus of foliose lichens belonging to the large family Parmeliaceae. The genus, which contains about 50 species, was segregated from genus ''Parmelia'' in 1982. Characteristics that define ''Punctelia'' include the presence of hook-like to thread-like conidia (asexual spores), simple rhizines (root-like structures that attach the lichen thallus to its substrate), and point-like pseudocyphellae (tiny pores on the thallus surface that facilitate gas exchange). It is this last feature that is alluded to in the vernacular names speckled shield lichens or speckleback lichens. ''Punctelia'' lichens grow on bark, wood, and rocks. The genus is cosmopolitan, occurring on all continents but Antarctica. Species are found in temperate to subtropical locations. ''Punctelia'' has centres of distribution in the Neotropics and Africa; about half of the known species occur in South America. The photobiont partners of ''Punctelia'' are green algae in the genus ''Trebouxia''. S ...
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Lichens Described In 1931
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Introduction to Lichens – An Alliance between Kingdoms
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Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not s. They may have tiny, leafless branches (); flat leaf-like structures (

Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names ( scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is somewhat comparable to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI), in which the Royal Botanic Gardens is also involved. A difference is that where IPNI does not indicate correct names, the ''Index Fungorum'' does indicate the status of a name. In the returns from the search page a currently correct name is indicated in green, while others are in blue (a few, aberrant usages of names are indicated in red). All names are linked to pages giving the correct name, with lists of synonyms. ''Index Fungorum'' is one of three nomenclatural repositories recognized by the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi; the others are ''MycoBank'' and '' Fungal Names''. Current names in ''Index Fungorum'' (''Sp ...
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New South Wales
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Tasmania
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Little Swanport
Little Swanport is a rural locality and an estuary in the local government area of Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the South-east region of Tasmania. It is especially significant for the Little Swanport language. The locality is about north of the town of Swansea. The 2016 census has a population of 117 for the state suburb of Little Swanport. History Little Swanport is a confirmed suburb/locality. The indigenous name for the Little Swanport area was recorded by George Augustus Robinson in 1831 as meaning ‘place where a moving stream flows into a large estuary surrounded by hills’. Geography The eastern boundary of Little Swanport is the Tasman Sea. The locality surrounds the estuary of the Little Swanport River and the locality of Pontypool. Road infrastructure The A3 route (Tasman Highway The Tasman Highway (or A3) is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. Like the Midland Highway, it connects the major cities of Hobart and Launceston – however it takes a different r ...
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Flavoparmelia Rutidota
''Flavoparmelia'' is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. Because of their appearance, they are commonly known as greenshield lichens. The widely distributed genus contains 32 species. It was circumscribed by American lichenologist Mason Hale in 1986 to contain 17 former ''Pseudoparmelia'' species with broad lobes, usnic acid in the cortex, and isolichenan in the cell walls. Description ''Flavoparmelia'' lichens are medium sized foliose lichens that are yellow-green in colour, with a thallus comprising rounded lobed that measure 2–8 mm wide, which form flat and loosely attached patches that are wide. Older parts of the upper thallus surface are wrinkled, while the newer parts are smooth. There is a black lower surface with simple, unbranched rhizines, and a distinct bare zone around the margin. The photobiont partner is green algae from genus ''Trebouxia''. ''Flavoparmelia'' has larger spores than other segregate genera of ''Pseudoparmelia''. Species ...
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Anisomeridium Austroaustraliense
''Anisomeridium'' is a genus of lichens in the family Monoblastiaceae. The type species was originally named ''Arthopyrenia xylogena'' by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1883; in 1928, Maurice Choisy defined the genus ''Anisomeridium'', designating ''A. xylogena'' the type species. Species , Species Fungorum accepts 32 species of ''Anisomeridium'': *'' Anisomeridium americanum'' *''Anisomeridium anisolobum'' *'' Anisomeridium australiense'' *'' Anisomeridium austroaustraliense'' – Australia *'' Anisomeridium biforme'' *'' Anisomeridium calcicola'' – India *''Anisomeridium carinthiacum'' *'' Anisomeridium concameratum'' *'' Anisomeridium consobrinum'' *'' Anisomeridium disjunctum'' – Australia *''Anisomeridium excellens'' *''Anisomeridium foliicola'' – Australia *''Anisomeridium globosum'' *''Anisomeridium grumatum'' *''Anisomeridium guttuliferum'' *''Anisomeridium lateriticum'' *''Anisomeridium macaronesicum'' *''Anisomeridium macr ...
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Allocasuarina Verticillata
''Allocasuarina verticillata'', commonly known as drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, is a nitrogen fixing native tree of southeastern Australia. Originally collected in Tasmania and described as ''Casuarina verticillata'' by French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1786, it was moved to its current genus in 1982 by Australian botanist Lawrie Johnson. The 1889 book ''The Useful Native Plants of Australia'' records common names of the plant included "Shingle Oak," "Coast She-oak," " River Oak," " Salt-water Swamp Oak" and was called "Worgnal" by the Indigenous people of the Richmond and Clarence River areas of New South Wales. It also records that, "In cases of severe thirst, great relief may be obtained from chewing the foliage of this and other species, which, being of an acid nature, produces a flow of saliva—a fact well-known to bushmen who have traversed waterless portions of the country. This acid is closely allied to citric acid, and may prove identical with it. Chil ...
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Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Its closest point to the mainland is Snapper Point in Backstairs Passage, which is from the Fleurieu Peninsula. The native population of Aboriginal Australians that once occupied the island (sometimes referred to as the Kartan people) disappeared from the archaeological record sometime after the land became an island following the rising sea levels associated with the Last Glacial Period around 10,000 years ago. It was subsequently settled intermittently by sealers and whalers in the early 19th century, and from 1836 on a permanent basis during the British colonisation of South Australia. Since then the island's economy has been principally agricultural, with a southern rock lobster fishery and with tourism growing ...
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