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Massalongia Körb.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
2 species; one in New Zealand

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Körb.
Körb.
1855
ICN
Massalongia carnosa (Dicks.) Körb.
genus
Massalongia

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Massalongia

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Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Massalongia Körb.

Thallus rosette-forming, squamulose, brown, with a pale lower surface, attached to substrate by brown or black rhizines, without a prothallus. Upper cortex pseudoparenchymatous, medulla of loosely woven hyphae. Photobiont blue-green, . Apothecia hemiangiocarpic, with a proper margin, laminal or marginal. Asci cylindrical with apically thickened walls, 8-spored. Ascospores colourless or pale brown, polymorphic, ellipsoid to fusiform, 1- to 3-septate. Paraphyses simple or branched.

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Massalongia Körb.
Massalongia Körb.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Massalongia Körb.
Massalongia Körb.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Massalongia Körb.
Massalongia Körb.
Massalongia Körb.
Jørgensen, P.M.; Andersen, H.L.; Elvebakk, A. (2019)

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Massalongia Körb.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
1 Link to an external page

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22e71434-3465-4df5-b1df-801eedb5fc73
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
10 December 2019
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