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Zeora symmicta (Ach.) L.M.Weber & Ivanovich-Hichins

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Homotypic synonym, Lecanora symmicta, regarded as non-endemic by Galloway (2007)

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L.M.Weber & Ivanovich-Hichins
Ach.
(Ach.) L.M.Weber & Ivanovich-Hichins
Ivanovich-Hichins, C.; Weber, L.; Li, L.; Leavitt, S.D.; Muggia, L.; Palice, Z.; Pérez-Ortega, S,; Sohrabi, M.; Printzen, C. 2025: New phylogenetic insights into the lichen genus Lecanora s. lat. (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota): resurrection of the genera Glaucomaria, Straminella and Zeora. The Lichenologist 57(6): 278–303.
2025
300
ICN
Lecanora varia var. symmicta Ach.
species
Zeora symmicta

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Lecanoraceae
Zeora
symmicta

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

Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach.

Thallus yellowish, thin, subgranular, uneven, effuse or lacking. Apothecia pale yellow to pale brown, rarely medium or dark brown, waxy, concolorous with thallus, ± immarginate, convex, solitary or crowded, 0.1-0.5 mm diam. Epithecium granular, yellowish, with numerous crystals. Hymenium colourless or pale straw-coloured. Paraphyses simple, capillary c. 1 µm thick. Asci clavate. Ascospores biseriate, ellipsoid, ends rounded, straight, 11-20.4 × 7-12 µm.

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Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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29 January 2026
29 January 2026
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