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Pyrenothrix Riddle

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This is indigenous

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Genus of two species; one occurs in New Zealand

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Riddle
Riddle
1917
313
ICN
genus
Pyrenothrix

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Pyrenothrix

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Pyrenothrix Riddle

Thallus filamentous, brownish-black, effuse, spreading over the substrate, gelatinous spongy when wet, brittle when dry. Filaments c. 1 mm long and 0.1-0.2 mm thick, of entangled fungal hyphae (2.5-4.5 µm thick) surrounding cells of photobiont. Photobiont blue-green, . Perithecia minute, pyriform, ostiole minute, indistinct. Asci clavate, 8-spored, bitunicate. Ascospores muriform, ellipsoid, brown or brown-black.

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Pyrenothrix Riddle
Pyrenothrix Riddle
Pyrenothrix Riddle
Pyrenothrix Riddle
Pyrenothrix Riddle

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cdf036ff-3b87-4f59-b38b-2ef4b2bfd26d
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 June 2010
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