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Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James

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Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James, Lichenologist 12: 302 (1980)
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James

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New Zealand
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(Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Müll.Arg.
D.J.Galloway & P.James
1980
302
ICN
species
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens

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pubescens

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Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James

Thallus rather loosely attached, 5-15(-25) cm diam., ± orbicular, rosetteforming to spreading. Lobes rather thick, elongate-laciniate, to 10 mm wide, subdichotomously branching, margins entire or variously notched or incised, ± sinuous, distinctly thickened, conspicuously white-pubescent, without soredia, isidia or phyllidia. Upper surface bright lettuce-green when wet, pale yellowish-brown or buff when dry, smooth, coriaceous, ± distinctly reticulate-faveolate, ridges low, smooth, slightly scabrid centrally, ± pubescent or short, white-tomentose marginally and often also laminally, tomentum often abraded in patches, without soredia, isidia or pseudocyphellae. Medulla white. Photobiont green. Lower surface densely tomentose to margins, pale buff marginally, dark brown centrally. Pseudocyphellae yellow, conspicuous, large. Apothecia marginal or submarginal, subpedicellate, to 8 mm diam., disc shallowly concave, matt, black, with a fine, grey-white pruina in young fruits, margins pale flesh-coloured, entire at first, becoming distinctly incised-coronate, thalline exciple coarsely verrucose-areolate. Ascospores brown, 1-septate, 20-35 × 5-8(-10) µm. Chemistry: Hopane-15α,22-diol, hopane-6α,7β,22-triol, pulvinic acid, pulvinic lactone, calycin, tenuiorin, methyl gyrophorate, methyl evernate, methyl lecanorate, stictic, constictic and norstictic acids.

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Lobaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) Hellb.
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta grandis Stirt.
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta muelleriana Zahlbr.
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
Sticta pubescens Müll.Arg.
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James

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Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Pseudocyphellaria pubescens (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.James
New Zealand
Southland Land District

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1 January 2000
11 June 2010
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