Usnea torquescens Stirt.
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Usnea torquescens Stirt., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 30: 391 (1898)
Nomenclature
Stirt.
Stirt.
1898
391
ICN
Usnea torquescens Stirt.
species
Usnea torquescens
Classification
Descriptions
Usnea torquescens Stirt.
Thallus pendulous, 30-60(-200) cm long, pale greenish or olivaceous, sometimes tinged reddish, ± dichotomously branching, entangled. Branches uniform near base, 0.5-1 mm thick, thinner at apices, slender, terete or angular, stiff, longitudinally ridged or winged along most of length of branch, often longitudinally furrowed, sometimes papillate, secondary branchlets at right angles to main branches, crowded, straight or curved, 0.5-1.5 mm long, articulate-cracked at base, terete, smooth or papillate, without soredia, pseudocyphellae, spinules or isidia. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Norstictic, salazinic and usnic acids.
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1 January 2000
17 December 2010