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Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.

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Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 84 (1894)
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Kantvilas, G. (2021)
Also known from Tasmania

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(C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
C.Knight
Müll.Arg.
Müller Argoviensis, J. 1894: Conspectus systematicus lichenum Novae Zelandiae. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2(app. 1): 1–114.
1894
84
ICN
Arthonia suffusa C.Knight
species
Arthothelium suffusum

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Arthoniales
Arthothelium
suffusum

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

Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.

Thallus grey-white, granular-scurfy or ± minutely pruinose in parts, areolate, areolae minute, angular, convex, surface minutely warted-wrinkled, separated by very fine lines, spreading in patches 3-5(-8) cm diam., irregularly delimited by a thin, black, marginal line. Ascocarps 1-2 per areola, minute 0.1-0.3(-0.5) mm diam., crowded, blackish, often white-pruinose, pruina coarse, rounded to irregular. Ascospores oval to oblong, 8-10-locular, 33-28 µm.

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Arthonia suffusa C.Knight
Arthonia suffusa C.Knight
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Arthonia suffusa C.Knight
Arthonia suffusa C.Knight
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Arthothelium suffusum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Endemic. Known only from type collection, but probably more widely distributed on rimu bark

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a4492c69-4201-4838-be99-ec86f74fd3c2
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 January 2008
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