Polyphlebium venosum (R.Br.) Copel. APNI* Synonyms: Crepidomanes venosum (R.Br.) Bostock APNI* Trichomanes venosum R.Br. APNI*
Description: Rhizome long-creeping, covered with red-brown hairs.
Fronds mostly 3.5–10 cm, rarely to 16 cm long, pinnatifid or irregularly pinnate; stipe not winged, glabrous except at the base.
Sori 2-many per frond; receptacle projecting 2.5–8 mm, rarely to 15 mm beyond the involucre.
Distribution and occurrence: Very common filmy fern in rainforest on logs and tree trunks, especially of Dicksonia antarctica.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas.
Text by Peter G. Wilson Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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