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Peltula Nyl.

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Peltula Nyl. (1853)
Peltula Nyl.
Names_Fungi record source Peltula Nyl. 1853

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Peltula is a cosmopolitan genus of c. 25 species. One species is recorded from New Zealand, but the genus has not been widely collected or studied here.

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Nyl.
Nyl.
1853
ICN
Peltula radicata Nyl.
genus
Peltula

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lichinales
Peltulaceae
Peltula

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

Peltula Nyl.

Thallus areolate, squamulose, peltate or subfruticose, attached by a small area of rhizines or an umbilicus, dorsiventral, heteromerous, terricolous or saxicolous. Upper and lower surfaces corticate, with or without soredia. Medulla white, loosely woven. Photobiont blue-green, . Apothecia immersed. Asci with a gelatinous sheath, with 16-100 or more spores. Ascospores colourless, simple. Pycnidia immersed. Conidia fusiform.

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Peltula Nyl.
Peltula Nyl.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)

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Peltula Nyl.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
7 May 2010
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