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Phaeophyscia Moberg

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Galloway, D.J. (2007)
A genus of 28 species worldwide with its main area of speciation in SE Asia. Five species are known in New Zealand, but the genus is still much in need of study and collection here.

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Moberg
Moberg
1977
ICN
Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Neck.) Moberg
genus
Phaeophyscia

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia

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

Phaeophyscia Moberg

Thallus heteromerous, foliose, dorsiventral, lobate to fruticose, ± loosely attached. Upper surface greyish-brown to brown, never white-pruinose. Photobiont green, . Medulla white or in the lower part orange-red (skyrin). Lower surface brownish or black, corticate, paraplectenchymatous, of thick-walled isodiametric cells. Apothecia lecanorine, laminal, ± sessile, with rhizines on underside, disc brown to black. Ascospores brown, thick-walled, 1-septate, 8 per ascus. Pycnidia laminal, immersed. Conidia ellipsoid, small.

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Phaeophyscia Moberg
Phaeophyscia Moberg
Galloway, D. J. (1985)
Phaeophyscia Moberg
Phaeophyscia Moberg
Galloway, D.J. (2007)
Phaeophyscia Moberg

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Phaeophyscia Moberg
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Phaeophyscia Moberg
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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f1e56386-a180-4dc9-8806-79a883545446
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 May 2010
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