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Sphaerophorus Pers.

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Sphaerophorus Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 23 (1794)
Sphaerophorus Pers.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Widely distributed genus of three species; one endemic to New Zealand.

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Pers.
Pers.
1794
23
ICN
Sphaerophorus Pers.
genus
Sphaerophorus

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Sphaerophorus

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Sphaerophorus Pers.

Thallus fruticose or palmate-foliose, heteromerous, of very variable morphology, branches terete to distinctly flattened, corticate, commonly dimorphic, fertile branches larger than shorter, and often ± richly branched, sterile branches. Cortex continuous and of equal thickness in terete species, or forming a markedly thicker upper layer and a thinner lower layer in flattened, dorsiventral species, of thick-walled, laterally fused, unorientated hyphae. Photobiont green, , confined to a distinct layer between cortex and medulla, cells single, spherical, (5-)6-12 µm diam. Medulla of longitudinally orientated, colourless, thick-walled hyphae. Apothecia terminal or subterminal, apical, subapical to ventral, often with sterile margins, producing a characteristic mazaedium composed of sterile elements and spores freed from asci which form a loose, dry, black or brownish-black powdery mass which may be partly covered by an enclosing receptacle. Asci 8-spored, clavate to cylindrical, wall disintegrating at an early stage of development liberating partially mature spores into hymenium. Ascospores simple, spherical to broadly ellipsoid, colourless, grey or brown or purplish-brown, often with a dense deposit of carbonaceous material on the outer surface.

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Sphaerophorus Pers.
Sphaerophorus Pers.
Sphaerophorus Pers.
Sphaerophorus Pers.
Sphaerophorus Pers.

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Sphaerophorus Pers.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Sphaerophorus Pers.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Sphaerophorus Pers.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Sphaerophorus Pers.
Solomon Islands

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 September 2019
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