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Caloplaca allanii Zahlbr.

Waitakere firedot lichen

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 5 November 1932 (Sparkes et al., 2014)

Rediscovered on 15 January 2013 (Sparkes et al., 2014)

 

Distribution

Waitakere Ranges coastline, west of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

Above: Photo of a living Caloplaca allanii by Peter de Lange released under CC 0 licence. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

 

References

de Lange, P.; Blanchon, D.; Knight, A.; Elix, J.; Lücking, R.; Frogley, K.; Harris, A.; Cooper, J.; Rolfe, J. (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous lichens and lichenicolous fungi, 2018. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 27. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 64 pp.

de Lange, Peter J., Galloway, D. J., Blanchon, D. J., Knight, A., Rolfe, J. R., Crowcroft, G. M. and Hitchmough, R. (2012). Conservation status of New Zealand lichens. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(3): 303-363.

Galloway, D. J. (1985). Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington, Government Printer.

Galloway, D. J. (2007). Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. 1. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 1006 p.

Sparkes, J. H., de Lange, P. J. and Blanchon, D. J. (2014). Notes on Caloplaca allanii Zahlbr. (Teloschistaceae) a poorly known West Auckland, North Island, New Zealand endemic. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(3): 304-309. [Abstract]

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3190/caloplaca-allanii

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018794589/critter-of-the-week-waitakere-firedot-lichen

 

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