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Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.

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Pertusaria melanospora Nyl., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. sér. 4, 3: 159 (1855)
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Austral

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Nyl.
Nyl.
1855
159
ICN
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
species
Pertusaria melanospora

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melanospora

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Thallus areolate-cracked, uniform, matt, smooth, areolae angular, minute, 0.15 mm diam., or less, separated by narrow cracks, yellowish-white or yellowish-grey, with distinct, narrow, black, wavy lines at margins and small blackened areas (?prothallus) scattered through thallus, forming coalescing mosaics, 1-5(-8) cm diam., saxicolous. Fertile verrucae scattered to crowded, rounded, ± hemispherical, with a flattened apex, monocarpic, ostiole black, 0.05-0.1 mm diam. Asci clavate, 6-spored (occasionally 4-spored). Hymenial gelatine reddish-brown. Ascospores oval, thick walled, often brownish when young, colourless at maturity (56.5-)74-87 × 34-43.5 µm. Wall 8-12 µm thick. Chemistry: K+ red or brownish. ?Arthothelin, UV+ dull orange.

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Pertusaria amaurospora Hellb.
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
Pertusaria limescens Zahlbr.
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.

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Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Pertusaria melanospora Nyl.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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85234582-8646-4611-9766-aeb5c8e8ed04
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 January 2017
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