Punctelia Krog
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Punctelia Krog (1982)
Punctelia Krog
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
c. 30 species with major areas of speciation being South America and Africa
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Punctelia Krog
Thallus foliose, lobate, heteromerous. Lobes rounded 0.3-1.5 cm broad, rarely sublinear, canaliculate, 0.2-0.3 cm broad, margins entire, often sinuous and ± ascending, without cilia. Upper surface uniformly grey, grey-green or ± olivaceous-grey, with or without isidia, with or without soralia, pseudocyphellate, pseudocyphellae, suborbicular, without a perforate, polysaccharide covering, scattered, not arranged in lines or in a ridged reticulum. Photobiont green, . Medulla white. Lower surface pale tan or whitish, brown or black, rhizinate. Rhizines simple, often not reaching lobe margins. Apothecia laminal or submarginal, disc entire, rarely perforate. Ascospores ellipsoid, colourless, simple, 8 per ascus, 10-27 × (5-)8-18 µm. Pycnidia laminal or rarely marginal. Conidia unciform, or filiform, or bifusiform.
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1 January 2000
1 May 2012