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Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Cosmopolitan

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(Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Hoffm.
Fürnr.
1839
250
ICN
species
Physcia caesia

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caesia

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Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.

Thallus orbicular to spreading, closely attached, to 6 cm diam., saxicolous. Lobes irregularly or pinnately branched, ± convex often imbricate, rounded at apices, 0.5-2 mm wide. Upper surface grey or whitish-grey, often greyish-pruinose, conspicuously white-maculate, sorediate. Soralia laminal, occasionally marginal, scattered, often confluent, soredia granular, white. Lower surface pale brown to brown, rhizinate. Rhizines sparse, pale. Apothecia (not seen in New Zealand material) rare, sessile, to 1.5 mm diam. Ascospores 17-24 × 7-11 µm. Pycnidia immersed. Conidia 4-5 × 1 µm. Chemistry: Cortex and medulla K+ yellow. Atranorin, leucotylin, zeorin and two unidentified compounds.

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Lichen caesius Hoffm.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.

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Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
Antarctica
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Fürnr.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 May 2010
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