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Melaspilea Nyl.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Genus of some 80 species; one in NZ

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Nyl.
Nyl.
1857
ICN
genus
Melaspilea

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Melaspileaceae
Melaspilea

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

Melaspilea Nyl.

Thallus crustose, corticolous, epi- or endophloeodal, sometimes disappearing. Photobiont green, . Apothecia black, carbonaceous, lirelline, superficial or immersed, roundish or elongate, simple or shortly branched, with a proper margin only, disc narrow or flattened. Hypothecium colourless or dark brownish. Ascospores 8 per ascus, ellipsoid, fusiform or ovate, colourless or becoming brownish, 1-septate.

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Melaspilea Nyl.
Melaspilea Nyl.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Melaspilea Nyl.
Melaspilea Nyl.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Melaspilea Nyl.

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413bfead-b316-4995-b9c2-94c79ce31448
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 October 2010
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