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Collema pulchellum

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This species is listed as Collema pulchellum in the North American Checklist, and which of the spellings is the correct one is unclear. "Pulcellum" is the original one used by Acharius, but that epithet isn't found elsewhere in botanical nomenclature and "pulchellum" may be what was intended.

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Collema pulcellum 1
On Acer. From the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve, southern Florida.

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Collema pulcellum 2
On hardwood. From northern Florida.


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