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Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Cosmopolitan

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(L.) Mont.
L.
Mont.
1840
129
ICN
species
Leptogium burgessii

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burgessii

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Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.

Thallus lobate, orbicular to spreading, to 6 cm diam., olive greenish or leaden brown or pale greyish-blue. Lobes crowded, somewhat imbricate, crenulate or lacerate and crisp. Upper surface smooth, thallus not swelling much when wet, not plicate-wrinkled, without isidia. Lower surface white-tomentose, hairs short, 20 µm, cells spherical. Apothecia numerous, 0.5-2.0 mm diam., concave at first, becoming plane, reddish-brown or dark red, thalline exciple crowded with projecting lobules. Ascospores ellipsoid to broadly fusiform, 3-4 transverse septa, submuriform, 30-40 × 13-17 µm.

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Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
Lichen burgessii L.
Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.

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Leptogium burgessii (L.) Mont.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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f62b7c08-3bfd-49a9-b4c1-77e114ec911b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 March 2009
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