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Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.

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Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain., Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 117 (1913)
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.

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New Zealand
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(Nyl.) Vain.
Nyl.
Vain.
1913
117
ICN
species
Pseudocyphellaria episticta

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episticta

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Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.

Thallus orbicular to spreading, loosely to closely attached, rather ragged, 8-12(-20) cm diam. Lobes ± linear-elongate, or sometimes rounded, margins deeply indented, ragged, isidiate-lobulate, often ascending, rather fragile. Upper surface bright lettuce-green when wet, pale greyish-green to pale fawn when dry, smooth, undulate to ± wrinkled, matt or shining, with numerous, white, minute, punctiform pseudocyphellae, isidiate, without soredia or maculae. Isidia delicate, flattened, coralloid-branched, rarely ± terete, finger-like, marginal at first then laminal. Medulla white. Photobiont green. Lower surface pale buff to whitish and glabrous at apices, ± uniformly brown-tomentose in older parts. Pseudocyphellae white, scattered, sparse to numerous, sunk in tomentum, to 1 mm diam. Apothecia rare, scattered, subpedicellate, disc dark redbrown, matt, epruinose, concave to plane, to 2 mm diam., margins pale, corrugate-scabrid at first, crenate-coronate with age, exciple massive, pale flesh-coloured, corrugate-scabrid. Ascospores colourless to pale yellowish, oblong-fusiform, 1-3-septate, 30 × 7 µm. Chemistry: Two chemodemes present. (i): 7β-acetoxyhopan-22-ol, hopane-15α, 22-diol, and two unidentified compounds. (ii): 15α-acetoxy-22-hydroxyhopan-24-oic acid, 15α-22-dihydroxy-24-hopanoic acid. (Dr A.L. Wilkins pers. comm.).

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Lobaria episticta (Nyl.) Trevis.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
Sticta episticta Nyl.
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.

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Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Pseudocyphellaria episticta (Nyl.) Vain.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District

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1 January 2000
10 December 2021
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