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Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region
Austral

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(Mont.) Mont.
Mont.
Mont.
1854
100
ICN
species
Nephroma plumbeum

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plumbeum

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Thallus lobate, spreading, to 8 cm diam., loosely attached, fragile, corticolous. Upper surface blue or brown or variegated, smooth, wrinkled or folded, margins lacerate to proliferate, occasionally phyllidiate. Phyllidia squamiform, dissected and sometimes proliferating, marginal or along laminal cracks. Lower surface brownish-tomentose, pale and glabrous towards margins. Apothecia very pale brown to reddish, ± reniform with a 1 mm wide, entire thalline margin. Ascospores colourless to pale reddish-brown, 1-septate, 16-18 × 4-6 µm. Chemistry: Nil.

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Nephroma lyallii C.Bab.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Nephromium lyallii (C.Bab.) Nyl.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Opisteria lyallii (C.Bab.) Vain.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.
Peltigera plumbea Mont.
Nephroma plumbeum (Mont.) Mont.

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editorial
D.J.Galloway gives 1854 for publication of this name. Other sources give 1852.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 November 2010
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