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Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Dosmopolitan

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(Wulfen) Körb.
Wulfen
Körb.
1855
262
ICN
species
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum

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viridiatrum

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Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.

Thallus small 0.5-2(-8) cm diam., areolate, prothallus indistinct. Areolae 0.3-1.2 mm diam., roundish to angular, strongly convex to plane, greyish-green or pure green, surface smooth, matt. Apothecia 0.4-1 mm diam., round to irregularly angular, strongly convex, or elevated and subconvex, immarginate when old. Hymenium 85-140 µm tall, colourless, upper parts dark reddish. Hypothecium dark brown, 200-300 µm thick. Asci clavate, 80-110 × 30 µm, 8-spored. Ascospores muriform, with few septa, 12-27 × 7-17 µm. Chemistry: Rhizocarpic acid, rarely stictic or gyrophoric acids.

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Lichen viridiatrum Wulfen
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.

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Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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11dffe17-d402-413a-bade-4dd1b9667780
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 July 2010
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