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The corticolous Lecanora alba was described in 1995 by H.T. Lumbsch from a Queensland collection. An Australian endemic, it has been reported from Queensland and New South Wales, and grows in mangroves and rainforest margins on the bark of species of Alphitonia, Araucaria, Casuarina, Ceriops, and Eucalyptus. 1 mm CONTENTS ON-LINE CHECKLIST OF AUSTRALIAN LICHENS ................................................... 3 RECENT LITERATURE ON AUSTRALASIAN LICHENS ........................................... 4 BOOK REVIEW Galloway, DJ—Swedish Landscape Lichens, by Arvidsson & Hultengren (eds) ......... 5 ADDITIONAL LICHEN RECORDS FROM AUSTRALIA Elix, JA (57) Xanthoparmelia .............................................................................................. 6 Elix, JA (58) Norfolk Island ............................................................................................ 12 Kantvilas, G (59) Bryonora castanea ............................................................................... 16 Archer, AW (60) Sclerophyton elegans............................................................................. 19 Owe-Larsson, B; Aptroot, A (61) Some pyrenocarpous lichens ..................................... 20 ADDITIONAL LICHEN RECORDS FROM NEW ZEALAND Owe-Larsson, B; Aptroot, A (45) Anisomeridium subprostans and Pyrenula concatervans ....22 ARTICLES Elix, JA—Five new species of Phyllopsora (lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia .. 23 Kantvilas, G; Elix, JA—Further notes on the genus Hertelidea, with a description of a new species ............................................................................................................ 30 Fryday, AM; Coppins, BJ—Typification and identity of Pertusaria obvelata Nyl. ...... 34 Elix, JA—A new species of Hafellia (Physciaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia ........................................................................................................................ 36 AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 CHECKLIST OF THE LICHENS OF AUSTRALIA AND ITS ISLAND TERRITORIES An updated version of this on-line resource was made available on 6 April, 2006. The checklist includes publication details, synonymy, distribution and literature citations for 3238 species and infraspecific taxa in 422 genera. The latest version also includes 454 illustrations, mostly colour photographs by Bill Malcolm and line-art by Pat McCarthy. See: http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html CORRIGENDA — VOLUME 58 On page 18, line 2 of Acknowledgements: (Landcare Research, Dunedin)” should have read “(Herbarium PDD, Landcare Research, Auckland)”. On page 32, line 1: “Opegrapha flavescens” should have read “Opegrapha inalbescens”. In Articles on the back cover, Kantvilas: “Opegrapha flavescens” should have read “Opegrapha inalbescens”. AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 3 BOOK REVIEW Svenska landskapslavar (Swedish Landscape Lichens) RECENT LITERATURE ON AUSTRALASIAN LICHENS by Lars Arvidsson & Svante Hultengren (eds). Archer, AW (2006): Additional lichen records from Australia 60: Sclerophyton elegans. Naturcentrum AB. 2005. 64 pages. ISBN 91-85221-07-4. Distributed by Naturcentrum Australasian Lichenology 59, 19. AB, C.W. Borgs väg 4, SE–444 31 Stenungsund, Sweden. e-mail: [email protected] Elix, JA (2006): Additional lichen records from Australia 57: Xanthoparmelia. Austral- Price 140 SEK (about NZ$26), plus post and packaging. asian Lichenology 59, 6–11. Here is a small, beautifully produced “lichen coffee table book” with a difference! Elix, JA (2006): Additional lichen records from Australia 58: Norfolk Island. Austral- It deserves to have a very wide and appreciative audience among the international asian Lichenology 59, 12–15. lichenological fraternity as well as natural historians interested in truly stunning Elix, JA (2006): Five new species of Phyllopsora (lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia. macrophotography. The subject is lichens and the landscapes which they inhabit and Australasian Lichenology 59, 23–29. often beautify by their distinctive colours, shapes, and textures in the 25 provinces of Elix, JA (2006): A new species of Hafellia (Physciaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from Sweden. The book has a short introduction to lichens, what they are, and what they Australia. Australasian Lichenology 59, 36–38. can tell us about the health of a landscape in their role as environmental indicators, the Fryday, AM; Coppins, BJ (2006): Typification and identity of Pertusaria obvelata Nyl. threats to lichen growth, and the concept of rarity in the Swedish lichen mycobiota. Australasian Lichenology 59, 34–35. It is written in Swedish, but that is not a serious handicap. A list of lichen taxa on Galloway, DJ (2006): BOOK REVIEW Swedish Landscape Lichens, by Arvidsson & Hul- the Swedish Red List is given at the end of the book, with the following categories tengren (eds). Australasian Lichenology 59, 5. appended where appropriate: RE (regionally extinct), CR (critically endangered), EN Grube, M; Kantvilas, G (2006): Siphula represents a remarkable case of morphological (endangered), VU (vulnerable), and NT (near threatened). convergence in sterile lichens. Lichenologist 58, 241–249. The bulk of the book is devoted to a particular lichen which is characteristic of the Kantvilas, G (2006): Additional lichen records from Australia 59: Bryonora castanea. landscape in each of the 25 provinces, beginning with the flat limestone landscape of Australasian Lichenology 59, 16–18. Skåne and its near-threatened calcicole Xanthoria calcicola, and ending with a glorious Kantvilas, G; Elix, JA (2006): Further notes on the genus Hertelidea, with a description image of the wind lichen Ophioparma ventosa as a representative of the high-alpine of a new species. Australasian Lichenology 59, 30–33. glacial environments of Lappland, a remote and fabled landscape to most of us in the Lücking, R; Thor, G; Aptroot, A; Kalb, K; Elix, JA (2006): The Cryptothecia candida com- Southern Hemisphere. Each of the 25 provinces has a two-page spread—on the left is plex revisited. Lichenologist 58, 235–240. a dramatic close-up or a habitat shot of the lichen chosen for that province, and on the Messuti, JI; Archer, AW; De La Rosa, IN (2006): A new species of Pertusaria from Val- right a landscape photograph of it, a map of its known Swedish distribution, and an divian rainforest, Argentina. Lichenologist 58, 263–266. informative text contributed by the authors Lars Arvidsson and Svante Hultengren Owe-Larsson, B; Aptroot, A (2006): Additional lichen records from Australia 61: Some plus Ulf Arup, Janolof Hermansson, Fredrik Jonsson, Mats Karström, and Göran Thor. pyrenocarpous lichens. Australasian Lichenology 59, 20–21. The lichens depicted range from the minute Calicium quercinum to the long-pendent Owe-Larsson, B; Aptroot, A (2006): Additional lichen records from New Zealand 45: Usnea longissima, and a good selection of foliose and fruticose taxa in between those Anisomeridium subprostans and Pyrenula concatervans. Australasian Lichenology 59, 22. extremes. Plates with resonance for New Zealand lichenologists are Aspicilia calcarea, Lobaria scrobiculata, Verrucaria maura, and Fulgensia fulgens, which was first collected by William Colenso in New Zealand in the 1850s from calcareous soil near Cape Kidnappers. A short but relevant bibliography is added at the end. The book is produced to the highest standards, and editors, photographers, and authors as well as the printers and publishers are to be warmly congratulated on their achievement. As an introduction to lichens of a region’s landscapes, the book is a model for many other countries to emulate, and at such a competitive price it is surely one of the very best lichen bargains going. Attractive front and back covers give thumbnail illustrations of nearly all the lichens photographed within (only Evernia prunastri is missing), and the cover blurb carries the message “Valkornmen till lavarnas varld!” (Welcome to the world of lichens). I urge everyone remotely interested in lichens to get a copy of this book. You’ll be glad you did! David J. Galloway Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand [email protected] 4 AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 AUSTRALASIAN LICHENOLOGY 59, July 2006 5 Additional lichen records from Australia 57 New records of Xanthoparmelia 4. Xanthoparmelia delisei (Duby) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Elix, D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch, Taxon 53, 967 (2004). John A. Elix Syn. Neofuscelia delisei (Duby) Essl. Department of Chemistry, The Faculties, This species was known previously from South Australia, Queensland, Australian Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Capital Territory, New South Wales, Europe, Asia and North Africa (Elix 1994a, McCarthy 2006). Xanthoparmelia applicata is reported as new to Australia. In addition, new State and Territory records are listed for 24 other species. SPECIMEN EXAMINED Victoria: • Northern Plains region, Mt Korong, 13 km SE of Wedderburn, 36°28’S, NEW RECORD FOR AUSTRALIA 143°45’E, 280 m, on large granite outcrop in disturbed Eucalyptus woodland, 6.xii.1996, H. Streimann 59142D (CANB). Xanthoparmelia applicata Hale, Mycotaxon 30, 320 (1987). Xanthoparmelia applicata is characterized by the tightly adnate thallus, the pale 5. Xanthoparmelia dubitata Elix & J.Johnst., in Elix et al., Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), brown lower surface, the absence of soredia