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Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.

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(Nyl.) Vain.
Nyl.
Vain.
1913
116
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species
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis

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subvariabilis

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Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.

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.).

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Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.

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Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Pseudocyphellaria subvariabilis (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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1f098930-977d-44ea-899d-97c43f09805c
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1 January 2000
11 June 2010
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