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Dictyonema C.Agardh ex Kunth

DICTYONEMA C.Agardh ex Kunth, 1822

Type : Dictyonema excentricum C.Agardh [=Dictyonema sericeum (Sw.) Berk.]

Description : Flora (1985: 157).

Key

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Thallus forming small cushions, to 3 mm diam.; photobiont trichomata biseriate
Thallus shelf-forming, in spreading or semicircular rosettes to 25 cm diam., not forming small cushions; photobiont trichomata uniseriate

Dictyonema is a genus of basidiolichens included in the family Atheliaceae (Kirk et al. 2001). Currently 10 species and several infraspecific taxa are recognised (Parmasto 1978; Chaves et al. 2004), occurring mainly in the tropics. Two species are known from New Zealand.

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