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Argopsis Th.Fr.

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Argopsis Th.Fr., Stereoc. Philoph. Comm. 22 (1857)
Argopsis Th.Fr.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Argopsis is a Southern Hemisphere genus of three species (Lamb 1974) restricted to the Auckland, Campbell and Crozet Is and to Kerguelen.

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Th.Fr.
Th.Fr.
1857
22
ICN
Argopsis Th.Fr.
genus
Argopsis

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Argopsis

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Argopsis Th.Fr.

Thallus dimorphic. Primary thallus small, verrucose, soon disappearing. Secondary thallus of persistent, fruticose, often richly branching pseudopodetia, firmly attached to substrate by a stout holdfast; pseudopodetia with inconspicuous cephalodia (containing ), and with ± scattered phyllocladia. Photobiont green, ?. Apothecia terminal, often large, expanded, to twice as wide as supporting branch or wider, disc plane with a prominent margin, exciple massive, cupuliform, coarsely wrinkled-scabrid. Ascospores large, muriform, 1-2(-6) per ascus, broadly cylindrical-ellipsoid. Pycnidia sometimes present, below apothecia, minute, swollen, clustered, ostiole punctate, black. Conidia filiform, curved.

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Argopsis Th.Fr.
Argopsis Th.Fr.
Argopsis Th.Fr.
Argopsis Th.Fr.
Argopsis Th.Fr.

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1 January 2000
7 April 2020
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