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Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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Enterographa bella R.Sant.

E. bella R. Sant., Symb. bot. upsal. 12: 106 (1952).

Holotype: New Zealand. Wellington, Colonial Knob. On leaves of Polystichum hispidum. H. H. Allan, 1944, UPS!

Thallus 3-4 mm diam., circular at first then confluent, continuous, smooth, greenish-grey with a slight yellow tinge, shining, foliicolous. Lirellae linear, irregularly bent or undulate, often branched 0.5-0.8(-1.0) mm long, 0.15-0.2 mm broad, slightly raised, disc exposed when wet, c. 0.1 mm broad, yellow-brown, concave, hidden when dry. Ascospores irregularly arranged, 7-septate, ± fusiform, broadest at the third or fourth cell from one end, 22-29 × 4-5 µm with a 3-4 µm thick halo.

N: Known only from the type collection.

Endemic

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