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Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner

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Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner in Kalb, Lichenes Neotropici 7, 297 (1983)
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Cosmopolitan

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(Huds.) Hafellner
Huds.
Hafellner
1983
297
ICN
species
Tephromela atra

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atra

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Thallus grey to whitish-grey or creamish, smooth or warted-areolate, plicate, rugose, areolae, 1-3 mm diam., separated by gaping cracks or ± continuous, uneven, effuse or lacking, matt or slightly shining, Apothecia conspicuous, scattered to frequent, sessile, constricted at base, 0.2-3 mm diam., rounded to subirregular, disc black, matt or shining, epruinose, concave to plane to ± undulate-irregular to convex, thalline margin conspicuous, persistent, white, entire or crenulate or flexuose, inflexed when young. Epithecium dark red-brown 8-13 µm thick, dense. Hymenium dark brown, to 120 µm thick. Paraphyses thick, dense, 5-7 µm thick, apices capitate, 8.5 µm thick, dark brown. Asci globose to clavate, 52 × 17.4 µm. Ascospores biseriate, often difficult to find, ellipsoid, 10-15 × (5-)6-8 µm. Chemistry: Atranorin and α-collatolic acid.

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Lecanora atra (Huds.) Ach.
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Lecanora pachypolis Nyl.
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Lecanora platylepis Zahlbr.
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Lichen ater Huds.
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner

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New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1113b8b0-801a-4732-afcb-25f56549bedf
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 April 2020
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