Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
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Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James in Galloway, New Zealand J. Bot. 21: 195 (1983)
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
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Nomenclature
(C.Bab.) P.James
C.Bab.
P.James
1983
195
ICN
species
Nephroma rufum
Classification
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Descriptions
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Thallus thin, lobate, orbicular to spreading, 1-10 cm diam., corticolous and saxicolous. Lobes 3-8 mm wide and 3-12 mm long, closely appressed centrally, ascending apically, margins entire, sinuous. Upper surface dark reddish-brown or greyish-brown or grey (shaded forms), smooth or ± ridged-faveolate especially towards margins, phyllidiate. Phyllidia sparse to abundant, terete, 0.2 mm diam., 0.5 mm tall, or becoming ± flattened-squamulose to 1 mm diam., scattered over upper surface, singly or in groups. Lower surface dark brown to black, wrinkled, shining or matt, glabrous or microscopically pubescent or finely scabrid. Apothecia subrotund to reniform, 3 × 5 mm diam., with thin, denticulate margins, cortex above apothecia wrinkled, scabrid-areolate, disc red-brown. Ascospores colourless to pale reddish-brown, 3-septate, 15-20 × 5-7 µm. Chemistry: Hopane-15α, 22-diol, and unidentified pigments, occasionally 7β-acetoxyhopan-22-ol (tr.).
Taxonomic concepts
Nephroma helveticum var. rufum (C.Bab.) Js.Murray
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephroma resupinatum var. rufa C.Bab.
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephromium helveticum var. rufum (C.Bab.) Nyl.
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
Nephromium laevigatum var. rufum (C.Bab.) Nyl.
Nephroma rufum (C.Bab.) P.James
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