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]
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