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Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.

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Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk., London J. Bot. 5: 257 (1846)
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Genus of two species; both in New Zealand.

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Mont. & Berk.
Mont. & Berk.
1846
257
ICN
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
genus
Thysanothecium

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Thysanothecium

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Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.

Thallus dimorphic consisting of a squamulose, areolate or nodular-papillate primary thallus and erect or ± decumbent pseudopodetia. Pseudopodetia radiate and ± terete at first near base, becoming flattened, expanded and ± leaf-like above. Cortex horny, of strong, cartilaginous, nerve-like strands forming a ± netlike cylinder enclosing a rather loosely developed, medulla. Photobiont green, . Apothecia terminal, disc plane to convex, often developed only on one side (ventral) of the supporting pseudopodetium, marginate or immarginate and ± thickened below. Ascospores often difficult to find, 8 per ascus, simple, colourless, ellipsoid, clavate, straight or curved 7-10 × 2-3 µm. Pycnidia marginal on squamules of primary thallus, black, bottle-shaped or cylindrical, with a gaping apical ostiole.

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Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.
Thysanothecium Mont. & Berk.

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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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