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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.

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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh. (1845)
Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
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
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Bipolar

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Rabenh.
Ehrh.
(Ehrh.) Rabenh.
1845
37
ICN
Verrucaria polytropa Ehrh.
species
Lecanora polytropa

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Lecanoraceae
Lecanora
polytropa

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

Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.

Thallus pale grey-green to yellow-brown, ± warted-areolate, often reduced to scattered granules on a dark prothallus, or absent altogether. Apothecia clustered, round to irregular, pale yellow to pale yellow-brown, rarely darkening with age, 0.02-1.5 mm diam., concave and ± marginate at first, margins entire to ± crenulate, pale yellow (paler than disc), very thin, convex and immarginate at maturity. Ascospores ellipsoid, 9-14 × 5-6 µm. Chemistry: Usnic and rangiformic acids and zeorin.

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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
Lecanora polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh.
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
Verrucaria polytropa Ehrh.
Verrucaria polytropa Ehrh.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.

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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Lecanora polytropa (Ehrh.) Rabenh.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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b4816e45-bceb-4058-807d-101951d91a09
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 October 2011
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