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Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.

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Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck., Gen. Lich. 275 (1872)
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Hal., previously regarded as an NZ endemic, synonymised with pantropical Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.

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Tuck.
Tuck.
1872
275
ICN
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
species
Pyrenula thelomorpha

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thelomorpha

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Thallus spreading in irregular patches, 1-2 cm diam., effuse or lacking, olive-green to pale brownish-grey, rather varnish-like in parts, without a prothallus, corticolous. Pseudothecia simple, black, solitary, scattered, ± immersed at first, becoming subglobose, shining, epruinose, minute, 0.05-0.2 mm diam. Ascospores 8 per ascus, oblong-ellipsoid, biseriate, muriform, colourless to pale yellow-brownish 35-52 × 8-13 µm.

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Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Verrucaria cellulosa C.Knight
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.

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f05be700-4437-4973-8e97-7dec9ff1a8b8
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Names_Plants
20 September 2013
16 January 2017
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