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Leotia Pers. 1794

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Leotia Pers. (1794)
Leotia Pers. 1794

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Present
New Zealand
Political Region

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Pers.
Pers.
1794
611
Fr.
ICN
Leotia Pers. 1794
genus
Leotia

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Leotiomycetes
Leotiales
Leotiaceae
Leotia

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Leotia Pers. 1794

Fruiting bodies up to about 5 cm tall, with a well-differentiated, more or less globose cap on a narrower stalk. The cap is green, the stalk yellowish and often glutinous. Always on soil.

Ecologically poorly understood. There is a single species in New zealand, found throughout the country.

Although regarded as a cosmopolitan species, recent molecular studies have shown the closely related Australian and New Zealand populations are distinct from those in other parts of the world.

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Leotia Pers. 1794
Leotia Pers. (1794)
Anon.
Leotia Pers. 1794
Leotia Pers. (1794)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Leotiaceae Corda 1842
Leotia Pers. 1794
Leotia Pers. (1794)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Leotiaceae Corda 1842
Leotia Pers. 1794
Leotia Pers.
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Leotiaceae Corda 1842

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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Auckland
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Buller
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Coromandel
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Gisborne
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Kaikoura
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Taranaki
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Waikato
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Leotia Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Wellington
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1cb1903f-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
16 July 2025
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