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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.

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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl., Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 83: 89 (1876)
Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Names_Fungi record source Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Austral

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Nyl.
Nyl.
Nylander, W. 1876: Lichens rapportés de l'Île Campbell, par M. Filhol. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 83: 87–90.
1876
89
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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
species
Usnea xanthopoga

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Parmeliaceae
Usnea
xanthopoga

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Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.

Thallus fruticose, often caespitose, pale greenish-yellow to pale yellow, cortex waxy, glabrous, shining, branches firmly attached at base, 1-1.5 mm thick, sympodially branched, straight, gradually attenuate at apices, not inflated, rarely papillate, sorediate. Soredia numerous, discrete, isidiate, in small warts or raised on rounded, knobbly soralia, occasionally spinulose-isidiate. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Fumarprotocetraric, protocetraric (tr.), hypoprotocetraric (tr.) and usnic acids.

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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.

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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Usnea xanthopoga Nyl.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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1 January 2000
21 December 2010
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