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Amandinea punctata

Corticolous on kahikatea, Mahurangi Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 25/01/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Corticolous on Popular. with Lecanora flavopallida Pertusaria sp, Cornwall Park Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Corticolous on urban plane tree, Grey Lynn Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 02/09/2021, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Spore of a corticolous specimen on urban plane tree, Grey Lynn Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Black button lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Amandinea

Family

Caliciaceae

Authority

Amandinea punctata (Hoffm.) Coppins & Scheid.

Synonyms

Verrucaria punctata Hoffm., Dtsch., Buellia punctata (Hoffm.) A.Massal.

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

punctata: From the Latin punctatus ‘dotted’, referring to a patten of small round dots

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.

Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.

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