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Lichens A-Pac (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition A-Pac
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Nephroma plumbeum var. isidiatum

N. plumbeum var.isidiatum (Js.Murray) F.J.White & P.James, Lichenologist 20 (2): 154 (1988).

≡Nephroma lyallii f. isidiatum Js.Murray, Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Z. 88: 387 (1960).

Nephroma lyallii f. isidiatum. Holotype: New Zealand. South I., Southland, Forest Hill, J. Murray 0660 – OTA.

Description : As for Nephroma plumbeum var. plumbeum, but with crowded squamiform to terete, sometimes branched phyllidia along the margins and along cracks in the thallus.

Chemistry : TLC−, all reactions negative.

N: Wellington. S: Westland (Runanga); Otago (Dunedin – Leith Valley, Ross Creek, Mihiwaka); Southland (Wilmot Pass, Forest Hill). On rocks and tree bark in deep shade. Still very poorly collected in New Zealand. Also known from southern Chile (White & James 1988: 154).

Austral

Illustration : White & James (1988: 155, fig. 16A).

Nephroma plumbeum var. isidiatum is characterised by: the saxicolous/corticolous habit; the crowded squamiform to terete, sometimes branched phyllidia along the margins and along cracks in the thallus; and no secondary chemistry.

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