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Mycelis Cass.

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Mycelis Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 33, 483 (1824)
Mycelis Cass.
Names_Fungi record source Mycelis Cass. 1824

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Cass.
Cass.
Cuvier, G.-F. (ed.) 1824: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature. Vol. 33. F.G. Levrault, & Le Normant, Strasbourg & Paris.
1824
483
Mycelis was placed in Lactuca in all earlier floras (e.g. Bentham and Hooker 1920); and Stace (2019) thinks it might be time to restore it to Lactuca. Mycelis and Lactuca are separated on the basis of the pappus of hairs but the difference is quite minor: both have two rows of hairs but in Mycelis the inner row has longer hairs than the outer. Molecular genetics hasn’t yet turned its attention to the Mycelis/Lactuca split so it would be premature to decide one way or the other.
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Mycelis Cass.
genus
Mycelis

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Mycelis

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Mycelis Cass.

Perennial glabrous taprooted rosette herbs. Stems branching above. Lvs lyrate-pinnatifid, basal and cauline. Infl. a diffuse panicle. Involucral bracts glabrous; outer bracts few, small; inner bracts in 1 row. Receptacle pitted, without scales or hairs. Corolla ligulate, yellow. Style branches filiform, yellow. Achenes dark, usually 5, flattened, ribbed, beaked; pappus bristles in 2 rows, white, > achene, simple, free at base, the outer row < inner row.

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Mycelis Cass.
Mycelis Cass.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Mycelis Cass.
Asteraceae
Mycelis Cass.
Mycelis
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Lactuca L.
Compositae Giseke
Mycelis Cass.
Mycelis Cass.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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1 January 2000
26 October 2024
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