Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
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Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James, Lichenologist 12: 301 (1980)
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Biostatus
Nomenclature
(Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Nyl.
D.J.Galloway & P.James
1980
301
ICN
species
Pseudocyphellaria multifida
Classification
Synonyms
Associations
Descriptions
Thallus small, delicate, entangled-complicate, spreading, 5(-10) cm diam. Lobes complexly branched, entangled-imbricate, narrow, 1-3 mm wide and 4-10 mm long, di- or trichotomously branching at centre, becoming narrower and ± lobulate-phyllidiate at margins, sinuses semicircular. Upper surface bright lettuce-green when wet, pale yellowish-green or fawn when dry, shining, smooth, very slightly faveolate or wrinkled, uneven, without soredia, isidia, maculae or pseudocyphellae. Medulla white. Photobiont green. Lower surface glabrous, white, shining at margins, yellowish-brown, ± costate centrally, thinly tomentose centrally, tomentum pale buff, thin, rather ragged. Pseudocyphellae minute, fleck-like, white, punctiform, conspicuous at or near lobe margins, flat, immarginate. Apothecia submarginal or laminal, sparse to frequent, sessile to subpedicellate, disc pale yellowish-red or brownish, 2-4 mm diam., smooth, matt, plane or subconcave, margins pale flesh-coloured, inflexed at first, becoming crenulate-dentate, thalline exciple pale, verrucose-areolate. Ascospores colourless to pale brown, oblong-fusiform, 1-3-septate, 22-30 × 7-9 µm. Chemistry: 7β-Acetoxyhopan-22-ol, hopane-15α,22-diol, and hopane-7β-22- diol (tr.).
Taxonomic concepts
Cyanisticta subvariabilis (Nyl.) C.W.Dodge
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Lobaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Hellb.
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta multifida Nyl.
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta psilophylla f. amphicarpa Müll.Arg.
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta subvariabilis Nyl.
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Collections
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Pseudocyphellaria multifida (Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
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