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Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
? Pantropical

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Riddle
Riddle
1917
513
ICN
Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
species
Pyrenothrix nigra

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Pyrenothricaceae
Pyrenothrix
nigra

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

Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle

Thallus brownish-black, or greyish-black, minutely coralloid-filamentous, ± closely attached at base, ± fruticose above, spreading in irregular patches, 1-5 cm diam., corticolous. Perithecia occasional, minute, 200-225 µm tall and 160-175 µm thick, pyriform, with a short, thick neck and minute indistinct ostiole. Ascospores brown or brown-black, oblong or broadly fusiform, muriform, 5-7-locular with some cells once-divided, 17-20(-24) × 6-9(-11) µm.

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Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle

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Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Pyrenothrix nigra Riddle
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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b11504a4-f74a-4e2e-83f3-f2be29e62fe1
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 June 2010
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