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Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold

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Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold, Flora 70: 155 (1887)
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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(Nyl.) Arnold
Nyl.
Arnold
1887
155
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species
Pyrenula chlorospila

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chlorospila

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Thallus epiphloeodal, in irregular patches, 1-5 cm diam., greyish-white to pale olive-cinerascent, continuous, irregularly minutely cracked, somewhat coriaceous, minutely maculate (×10 lens), not delimited at margins. Perithecia semi- emergent to emergent, scattered, solitary, rarely 2-confluent, 0.8-1.5 mm diam., applanate to hemispherical, black, shining. Ostiole large, 0.1 mm diam., with a distinct black rim, apical to ± marginal, pycnidia common, minute, black, punctiform. Ascospores lemon-shaped, 4-locular, middle two locules larger, often ± angular, 27-32(-36) × 12-15.3 µm. Chemistry: Cortex K+ dingy brown. UV+ pink after charring.
Thallus epiphloeodal, in irregular patches, 1-2(-5) cm diam., continuous or minutely and unevenly cracked, smooth to ± uneven, coriaceous, yellow-brown to dark olivaceous-brown, shining, with scattered, minute, white dots (×10 lens), delimited at margins by a narrow, wavy black line. Perithecia semi-emergent, scattered, discrete, minute, 0.05-0.1(-0.4) mm diam., black, shining, flattened to slightly raised. Ostiole apical, punctiform, minute, grey-white. Ascospores uniseriate, 4-locular, ovoid-oblong to lemon-shaped, central locules larger, often angular, 20.4-35.7 × 6.8-13.6 µm.

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Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Pyrenula deprimens (C.Knight) D.J.Galloway
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Pyrenula knightiana Müll.Arg.
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Pyrenula mamillana var. erubescens Zahlbr.
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Verrucaria glabrata var. deprimens C.Knight
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold
Verrucaria olivaceofusca C.Knight
Pyrenula chlorospila (Nyl.) Arnold

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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c2a2997a-53f0-494c-8fdd-fee7363106da
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20 September 2013
13 January 2017
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