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Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942

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Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin, Mycologia 34 702 (1942)
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
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(Wingate) G.W. Martin
Wingate
G.W. Martin
1942
702
ICN
species
Licea operculata

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operculata

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Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942

DWM 3150.
Fruiting body a stalked sporangium, scattered to gregarious, erect, 0.4–1.2 mm total height. Sporotheca urn-shaped or subglobose, dull brown to almost black below but lighter above, 0.1–0.3 mm in diameter. Stalk subcylindrical, dark, somewhat grooved, rough from granular inclusions, usually two-thirds or more of the total height. Peridium cartilaginous, smooth, somewhat gelatinous when wet, opaque except for the top, dehiscence by a thin, flat, yellow and often iridescent operculum. Spores pale yellow in mass, colourless by transmitted light, nearly smooth, 8–11 µm in diameter. Plasmodium dull orange to orange brown.
Apparently cosmopolitan (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969). First reported from New Zealand by Mitchell (1992), based on specimens appearing on bark samples placed in moist chamber cultures. The bark samples were collected in Auckland and North Canterbury.
Bark of living trees; also occasionally appearing on samples of litter placed in moist chamber cultures.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Stephenson & Stempen (1993), Lado & Pando (1997), Ing (1999).
Because of the relatively long stalk, fruiting bodies of Licea operculata tend to be much more conspicuous and thus less likely to be overlooked than those of most other species of Licea.

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Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin (1942)
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin (1942)
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin (1942)
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin (1942)

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Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
New Zealand
North Canterbury
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
New Zealand
Stewart Island
Licea operculata (Wingate) G.W. Martin 1942
United States

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1 March 1994
21 November 2001
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