Morphological description (show/hide)
massive, sprawling across substrate. | reddish brown in ethanol, stains ethanol dark | small, scattered over surface. | sandy to touch, slightly compressible, reasonably easy to tear. | slightly goose-flesh, sandy to touch. | membranous, some spicules integrated into membrane. | reticulation of fibres, fibres cored by spicules, spicules scattered throughout, mesohyl moderate. | acanthostyles: verticillate, spines not prominent, ~250 ï¾µm, acanthoxeas: verticillate, spines not prominent, ~400 ï¾µm, oxeas: smooth, rare, ~200 ï¾µm, styles: smooth, rare, ~140 ï¾µm. | nil. |
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