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Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb

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Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb, Lilloa 13: 266 (1947)
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
C.Knight
I.M.Lamb
1947
266
ICN
species
Placopsis illita

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illita

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Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb

Thallus ± determinate, lobate at margins, orbicular to spreading, 1-3(-5) cm diam., with a well-defined, brown-black, marginal prothallus, saxicolous. Lobes minute, folded, confluent. Upper surface continuous, minutely and irregularly cracked, not areolate, cracks very fine (×10 lens), smooth, glaucous, whitish or creamish, matt, epruinose, without isidia or soredia. Cephalodia scattered, flattened, rounded, sessile, 2-3 mm diam., radially wrinkled, folded-effigurate, somewhat cracked, yellow-pink, matt. Apothecia sessile, rounded, to 3 mm diam., thalline margin prominent, entire or subcrenulate, matt, disc plane, dark brown to brown-black, matt, epruinose. Hymenium 80-140 µm tall, yellowish above. Ascospores biseriate, ellipsoid, 12-18 × 6-9 µm. Chemistry: Cortex K-, C+ rose; medulla K- or + pale yellow, C+ rose, Pd-.

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Lecanora illita (C.Knight) Forssell
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Lecanora illita (C.Knight) Forssell
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placodium illitum C.Knight
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placodium illitum C.Knight
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Endemic

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Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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769b2542-592c-42a0-ad71-6de197385bbb
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 October 2013
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