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Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.

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Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 4: 137 (1887)
Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(Fée) Vain.
Fée
Vain.
1887
137
ICN
species
Cladonia didyma

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didyma

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Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.

Primary squamules persistent or disappearing, 2-4 mm long, crenulate or lobulate-laciniate, narrow (0.5 mm wide), upper surface glaucous to olivaceous, lower surface chalky white, darker at base, flat, appressed or reflexing when dry, exposing lower surface, esorediate, rarely with isidia. Podetia terete, lacking cups, 10-50 mm tall, fertile at tips, or sterile and tapering, blunt or acute, fine soredia and coarser granules, scattered or crowded. Cortex patchy for the most part, cartilaginous layer exposed and varying from white to pale or dark brown and translucent, sometimes with scattered squamules. Apothecia red, to 2 mm diam., at tips of podetia. Chemistry: Cortex K-, KC+ orange, Pd-. Barbatic and didymic acids.

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Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.
Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.

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Absent
New Zealand
Political Region
Listed for NZ by Galloway (1985)and Malcolm and GAlloway (1997) but not mentioned by Galloway (2007)

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Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain.
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editorial
Cladonia didyma (Fée) Vain. was listed as present in New Zealand by Galloway (1985) and Malcolm and Galloway (1997) but not by Galloway (2007)

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dc4e608f-7174-43aa-92d2-73f28710b217
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 May 2019
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