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Lichens A-Pac (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition A-Pac
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Megaloblastenia Sipman

MEGALOBLASTENIA Sipman, 1983

Type : Megaloblastenia flavidoatra (Nyl.) Sipman [=Lecidea flavidoatra Nyl.]

Description : Flora (1985: 264).

Key

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Thallus yellow-grey, KC+ yellow, Pd− (usnic acid); apothecia black
flavidoatra
Thallus whitish grey, KC−, Pd+ orange (pannarin); apothecia ±grey-pruinose
marginiflexa

Megaloblastenia is an austral genus of two species (Kirk et al. 2001), included in the family Megalosporaceae (Sipman 1983; Kantvilas 1994d; Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005). Both are known from New Zealand.

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