Flora of Australia Volume 58A—Lichens 3

Flora of Australia Volume 58A
Lichens 3
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OUT OF PRINT

This is the third volume of the Flora of Australia to cover the lichens. Since publication of the first two volumes in this subseries in 1992 and 1994, it has become apparent that the rigid systematic arrangement and the five volumes as originally proposed are not conducive to making reliable information available in a timely fashion. A more flexible and pragmatic approach is being adopted whereby a total of up to 10 smaller volumes will be published at intervals of 1–2 years, as sufficient treatments of complete families become available.

This volume includes descriptions of some of the more robust and luxuriant lichens of cool-temperate south-eastern Australia (Lobariaceae and Sphaerophoraceae), as well as ecologically important soil-inhabiting groups in semi-arid and arid regions (Peltulaceae, Endocarpon and Placidium). Also in this volume are the first Flora of Australia treatments of crustose lichens, including the mainly saxicolous Verrucariaceae, and the Trichotheliaceae, a family that is most diverse on the bark and leaves of trees and shrubs in tropical rainforest.

Complete or partial accounts of seven orders are provided here, including nine families, 24 genera and 256 species and infra-specific taxa. The is also a key to genera of crustose pyrenocarpous lichens in Australia.

Eight new lichen taxa are described, including the new family Myeloconaceae, and new combinations and a lectotypification.

Contributors to volume 58A

Authors

• Dr Othmar Breuss
  Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Botanische Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna, Austria
• Professor Burkhard Büdel
  Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Biologie (Botanik), Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Professor John A. Elix
  Department of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
• Dr David J. Galloway
  Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Ms. Jen Johnston
  Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
• Dr Gintaras Kantvilas
  Tasmanian Herbarium, GPO Box 252-04, Hobart, Tasmania 7001
• Dr Patrick M. McCarthy
  Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
• Dr Walter Obermayer
  Institut für Botanik, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria
• Dr Mats Wedin
  Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden

Illustrators

• Dr William M. Malcolm
  Contact ABRS
• Dr Patrick M. McCarthy
  Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601

Photographers

• Professor Burkhard Büdel
  Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Biologie (Botanik), Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Mr Phillip Crabb
  The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
• Professor John A. Elix
  Department of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
• Mr Stuart Hay
  The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
• Mr Phillip Hurst
  The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
• Mr Heino Lepp
  Contact ABRS
• Dr William M. Malcolm
  Contact ABRS
• Dr Walter Obermayer
  Institut für Botanik, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Taxa included

LECANORALES
Sphaerophoraceae
Bunodophoron, Leifidium

LEOTIALES
Baeomycetaceae
Baeomyces
Icmadophilaceae
Dibaeis, Icmadophila, Siphulella

LICHINALES
Peltulaceae
Peltula

PATELLARIALES
Arthrorhaphidaceae
Arthrorhaphis