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Polyblastia A.Massal.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Cosmopolitan genus of c. 80 species

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A.Massal.
A.Massal.
1852
ICN
genus
Polyblastia

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Verrucariales
Verrucariaceae
Polyblastia

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Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Polyblastia A.Massal.

Thallus crustose, rarely squamulose. Photobiont green, . Ascocarps in the form of perithecia, simple or compound, immersed or superficial. Paraphyses filiform, richly branched and anastomosing, becoming gelatinised. Ascospores colourless, submuriform or muriform with a well-developed gelatinous sheath, 1-8 per ascus.

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Polyblastia A.Massal.
Polyblastia A.Massal.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Polyblastia A.Massal.
Polyblastia A.Massal.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Polyblastia A.Massal.

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0ab86224-41e2-4470-b861-1bcba32caae7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 May 2010
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