Plectronidium australiense
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Plectronidium australiense is a species of anamorphic
Fungi imperfecti
The Fungi imperfecti or imperfect fungi, also known as Deuteromycota, are fungi which do not fit into the commonly established taxonomic classifications of fungi that are based on biological species concepts or morphological characteristics of sexual structures because their sexual form of...

 fungus. Known only from Australia, where it grows on the dead branches of Banksia canei
Banksia canei
The mountain banksia is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia. It occurs in subalpine areas of the Great Dividing Range between Melbourne and Canberra in southeastern Australia...

, it was described as new to science in 1986. Its conidia have a basal appendage and measure 19–26 by 1.5 μm
Micrometre
A micrometer , is by definition 1×10-6 of a meter .In plain English, it means one-millionth of a meter . Its unit symbol in the International System of Units is μm...

—shorter and narrower than the similar species P. minor, P. sinense, or P. magnoliae.
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