Physma A.Massal.
Details
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Tropical genuso f c. 13 species. 2 in NZ
Nomenclature
A.Massal.
A.Massal.
1854
6
ICN
genus
Physma
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Physma A.Massal.
Thallus foliose, homoiomerous, lobate, gelatinous-expanded when wet, leathery, wrinkled when dry. Lobes radiate attached to the substrate by rhizines. Upper surface dark greenish-grey or greenish-brown to bluish, wrinkled-plicate when dry, swollen when wet. Photobiont blue-green, . Lower surface uneven, rhizinate. Apothecia sessile or semi-immersed, lecanorine, thalline margin prominent, discs broad, thalline exciple welldeveloped. Ascospores 8 per ascus, colourless, simple, ellipsoid to fusiform, thick-walled, often minutely warted.
Taxonomic concepts
Collections
Metadata
eea14d6d-73a5-4cbb-bf44-ae7dfeb8f11f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 May 2010