Argopsis Th.Fr.
Details
Argopsis Th.Fr., Stereoc. Philoph. Comm. 22 (1857)
Argopsis Th.Fr.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Argopsis is a Southern Hemisphere genus of three species (Lamb 1974) restricted to the Auckland, Campbell and Crozet Is and to Kerguelen.
Nomenclature
Th.Fr.
Th.Fr.
1857
22
ICN
Argopsis Th.Fr.
genus
Argopsis
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 April 2020