Flora of Australia Volume 58a: Lichens 3 Pb

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The Flora of Australia Series covers land and water plants, native species, introduced weeds, flowering plants, pines, ferns, mosses, liverworts and lichens from the mainland of Australia and its off-shore territories, the sub-Antarctic islands of Heard and Macquarie, and the tropical and subtropical islands of Cocos (Keeling), Christmas, Norfolk and Lord Howe. This volume provides 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). Complete or partial accounts of 7 orders are provided, including 9 families, 24 genera and 256 species and infra-specific taxa.

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"If you had always wanted to know everything about the lichens of Australia, about the luxuriant species of cool-termperate southeastern Australia as well as the inhabiting groups of the (semi)arid regions, this is your chance."PERSOONIA vol. 18, part 2, 2003 "The volume is nicely produced and is illustrated with 56 excellent color plates, many b/w photographs and line drawings, and a full-color drawing of Porina exocha by W.M. Malcolm . . . this volume on the Australian lichen flora will be useful for its clear descriptions of genera and species, particularly where species are shared with North America. . ."Systematic Botany v.28 no.3 2003 ." . . an essential aid to identification of Australian lichens." -- Sharon Morley (Victorian Naturalist v.120(5) 2003) ." . . beautifully and painstakingly executed, with full bibliographic citations, details of types, illustrations, full descriptions, data on chemistry, habitat, information and distribution maps." --MYCOTAXON Vol. 83 July - Sep 2002 This volume is also a must for lichenologists (both professional and amateurs) working outside of Australia --B. Aguirre-Hudson, Bibliography of Systematic Mycology 11(3) April 2002 "