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Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.

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Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl. (1887)
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Cosmopolitan

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Nyl.
Ach.
(Ach.) Nyl.
1887
74
ICN
species
Peltigera membranacea

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membranacea

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Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.

Thallus spreading, large, to 20 cm diam. Lobes ± discrete to imbricate, 2-10 cm long and to 2 cm wide, margins entire, sinuous, often ascending. Upper surface greyish-yellow or yellowish or brownish-green, dull, thinly tomentose, especially at, or towards margins, wrinkled-plicate or uneven-corrugate, reflecting patterns of veining on lower surface. Lower surface whitish to brown, tomentose, with narrow, elevated veins. Rhizines simple, pale to black, rather sparse, to 10 mm long. Apothecia on extended, ascending lobules, 4-5 mm diam., rounded, often reflexed, disc reddish to brown-black, margins pale, crenulate, thin. Ascospores acicular, colourless or pale yellowish, 3-5-septate, 45-70 × 3-4 µm. Chemistry: TLC nil.

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Peltidea canina (L.) Ach.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Peltidea canina γ membranacea Ach.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.

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Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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02cb26b4-919e-4815-abe0-4080b2c14d72
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 May 2010
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