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Physma A.Massal.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Tropical genuso f c. 13 species. 2 in NZ

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A.Massal.
A.Massal.
1854
6
ICN
genus
Physma

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Collemataceae
Physma

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

Physma A.Massal.

Thallus foliose, homoiomerous, lobate, gelatinous-expanded when wet, leathery, wrinkled when dry. Lobes radiate attached to the substrate by rhizines. Upper surface dark greenish-grey or greenish-brown to bluish, wrinkled-plicate when dry, swollen when wet. Photobiont blue-green, . Lower surface uneven, rhizinate. Apothecia sessile or semi-immersed, lecanorine, thalline margin prominent, discs broad, thalline exciple welldeveloped. Ascospores 8 per ascus, colourless, simple, ellipsoid to fusiform, thick-walled, often minutely warted.

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Physma A.Massal.
Physma A.Massal.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Physma A.Massal.
Physma A.Massal.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Physma A.Massal.

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Physma A.Massal.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
1 Link to an external page
Physma A.Massal.
Solomon Islands
1 Link to an external page

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 May 2010
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