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Austropeltum glareosum

Growing with Neophyllis and Siphula at Arthurs Pass National Park.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 03/06/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Denniston Plateau, West Coast.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 04/06/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Habitat at Denniston Plateau, West Coast.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 04/06/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Growing with Siphula, Arthurs Pass National Park.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 03/06/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Photographer: Bill Malcolm, Licence: All rights reserved. <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

gritty peat pelt lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Qualifiers: DP, TO

Structural class

Lichens - Squamulose

Lichen substrate

Terricolous (soil)

Substrate details

Terricolous (ground)

Threats

The sandstone pavements it occupies on the Denniston and Stockton Plateaux are threatened by coal mining.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Austropeltum

Family

Sphaerophoraceae

Authority

Austropeltum glareosum Henssen

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

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

Henssen H., Doring A. and Kantvilas G. 1992: Austropeltum glareosum gen. et sp. nov., a new lichen from Mountain Plateaux in Tasmania and New Zealand. Bot. Acta 105: 457-467.

Hutchison M. 2020: Observation of Austropeltum glareosum on the iNaturalist website. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/48323738.

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