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Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter

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Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter (1904)
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Names_Fungi record source Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Bipolar

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(Vain.) Bitter
Vain.
Bitter
1904
251
ICN
Peltigera canina var. lepidophora Vain.
species
Peltigera lepidophora

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Peltigerales
Peltigeraceae
Peltigera
lepidophora

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

Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter

Thallus small, to 5(-8) cm diam. Lobes to 2 cm diam., margins ascending, appearing sometimes ± cochleate. Upper surface tomentose, brown or red-brown to greyish-blue, isidiate centrally. Isidia small, peltate or ± flattened, concolorous with Thallus or somewhat red-brown, scattered over upper surface, or ± central. Lower surface pale buff or brownish, veins irregular, brownish. Rhizines short, simple to fasciculate, entangled. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: TLC nil.

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Peltigera canina var. lepidophora Vain.
Peltigera canina var. lepidophora Vain.
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
Galloway, D.J. (2007)

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Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 April 2010
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