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Leprocaulon Nyl.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
8 species known worldwide; one in New Zealand

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Nyl.
Nyl.
1878
ICN
genus
Leprocaulon

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Fungi
Anamorphic fungi
hyphomycetous anamorph
Leprocaulon

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

Leprocaulon Nyl.

Thallus small, slender, cartilaginous, ± terete, simple or branched, crowded, erect or intricated, pseudopodetia leprose-sorediate, irregularly lumpy-rotulose, or minutely verrucose, surface glabrous or slightly arachnoid-tomentose, sometimes ± decumbent and dorsiventral, in some species with root-like downward extensions into the substrate. Primary thallus absent or ± persistent, when present minutely verruculose, squamulose or powdery-dissolute. , apothecia and pycnidia absent. Photobiont green, .

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Leprocaulon Nyl.
Leprocaulon Nyl.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Leprocaulon Nyl.
Leprocaulon Nyl.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Leprocaulon Nyl.

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1 January 2000
29 September 2010
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