Punctelia transtasmanica

Punctelia transtasmanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Punctelia
Species:	P. transtasmanica
Binomial name
	Punctelia transtasmanica; Elix & Kantvilas (2005)

Punctelia transtasmanica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described as a new species in 2005 by Australian lichenologists John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas. The type was collected near the summit of South Sister in Tasmania, at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft). There it was found on Tasmanian pepperberry growing in wet scrub. The specific epithet refers to "the occurrence of this species along the eastern and western shores of the Tasman Sea".^[1] The lichen also occurs in Flinders Island (northeast of Tasmania), where it is locally common,^[2] and the North Island of New Zealand. Punctelia transtasmanica resembles , and had historically been confused with that species. They can be distinguished by differences in chemical reactions to lichen spot tests.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Elix, John A.; Kantvilas, Gintaras (2005). "A new species of Punctelia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from Tasmania and New Zealand". Australasian Lichenology. 57: 12–14.
^ Kantvilas, G.; Elix, J.A.; Jarman, S.J. (2008). "A contribution to an inventory of lichens from South Sister, northeastern Tasmania" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 142 (2): 49–60. doi:10.26749/rstpp.142.2.49.

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[Elix_&_Kantvilas_2005-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Elix, John A.; Kantvilas, Gintaras (2005). "A new species of Punctelia (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from Tasmania and New Zealand". Australasian Lichenology. 57: 12–14.

[Kantvilas_et_al._2008-2] Kantvilas, G.; Elix, J.A.; Jarman, S.J. (2008). "A contribution to an inventory of lichens from South Sister, northeastern Tasmania" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 142 (2): 49–60. doi:10.26749/rstpp.142.2.49.

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