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Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.

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Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg., Fl. Lips. 571 (1790)
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Cosmopolitan

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(L.) Baumg.
L.
Baumg.
1790
571
ICN
species
Umbilicaria polyphylla

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polyphylla

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Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.

Thallus 2-6 cm diam., mono- or polyphyllous, membranaceous, thin, crisp, fragile, very irregular in outline, rosette-forming to orbicular to deeply and complexly incised, umbo not prominent. Lobes rounded or imbricate, margins occasionally lacerate, fenestrate, curled under or reflexed. Upper surface smooth, glossy, rough or cracked peripherally, or weakly wrinkled or squamulose, dull to shining, buff brown to dark brown or blackish. Lower surface smooth to areolate, bullate, uniformly charcoal black, umbilicus small, rarely divided, rhizines absent. Apothecia rare, scattered, mostly peripheral, sessile, irregular, disc black, convex, with few, thin gyrae. Ascospores colourless, ellipsoid to irregular, 12-18 × 3.5-7 µm.

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Lichen polyphyllus L.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.

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Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Umbilicaria polyphylla (L.) Baumg.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District

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995dbc95-5fcf-4d13-898b-072daac05503
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 May 2020
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