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Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.

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Cladonia macilenta Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl. 2, 126 (1796)
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hoffm.
Hoffm.
1796
126
conserved
nom. cons. prop. [see Ahti & De Priest (2005: 186)]Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
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Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
species
Cladonia macilenta

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macilenta

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Primary squamules persistent, small, to 3 mm long, crenate to lobed, upper surface glaucescent to olive-glaucescent or grey-green, lower surface white, darker at base, without soredia, or sorediate at margins and on lower side. Podetia growing from upper side of primary squamules, 10-20(-50) mm tall, ± terete, broadening slightly towards blunt tip, apices club-shaped, rarely pointed, without cups. Cortex ± continuously farinose-sorediate, greenish to grey, corticate at base, white after dispersal of soredia. Apothecia red, small, to 2 mm diam., embedded in tips of podetia. Chemistry: Cortex K-, KC- or yellowish, Pd-. Barbatic, 4-O-demethyl-barbatic, ± didymic, ± usnic acids.

Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.

Primary squamules persistent, small to medium, to 4 × 3 mm, ± erect, lobate or crenate-lobate, flat or involute, upper surface glaucescent to whitish or olivaceous-glaucescent, lower surface white, darker at base, rarely yellow-brown, granular-sorediate at margins and on lower surface, or esorediate. Podetia very variable in size and shape, growing from upper surface of primary squamules, short or elongate, 5-50 mm tall, to 3 mm diam., without cups or rarely with cups, cups very variable, margins often divided into elongate proliferations which may also be scyphiferous, simple or sparingly branched, tips blunt or pointed, often sterile. Cortex areolate or verruculose, greyish-green, with pale greenish or whitish granular to farinose soredia over whole podetium or in ± central patches. Apothecia on tips of podetia, sessile, red, to 2 mm diam. Chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow, KC+ orange-yellow, Pd+ yellow-red. Thamnolic, decarboxythamnolic, ± barbatic, ± 4-O-demethylbarbatic, ± didymic acids.

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Cladonia bacillaris Genth.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.

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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
Australia
Victoria
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1d71503e-84d3-4d12-92de-0b5b928cdc73
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
10 December 2021
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