A checklist of Tasmanian lichens

Abstract

This list records 633 lichen species plus 22 infraspecific taxa in 173 genera from Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Fourteen species are new records for Tasmania: Arthroraphis citrinella, Cetraria ausrraliensis, Coccotrema porinopsis, Hyperphyscia adglutinata, Lecanora blanda, Neofuscelia verrucella, Pertusaria superba, Phaeographis australiensis, Relicina subnigra, Rinodina bischoffii, Siphulas/rum mamillarum, Sphaerophorus imshaugii, Srereocaulon gregarium and Usnea contexta. A list of deleted names based on unreliable sources, misidentifications or misinterpretations of early literature is also provided