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Buellia disciformis

Image: taken by A.J. Marshall based on herbarium material collected by P.J. de Lange from the canopy branchlets of Metrosideros excelsa × M. robusta. Te Paki, Unuwhao Forest, below Tarure Hill.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 20/06/2023, 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>

Spores.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 17/07/2010, 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>

Drawing of ascospores from herbarium material.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 20/06/2023, 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>

Buellia disciformis in mosaic of lichens on silver beech, Knights Bush, Tuapeka West.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 17/07/2010, 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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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Buellia

Family

Caliciaceae

Authority

Buellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd

Synonyms

Lecidea parasema var. disciformis Fr., Hafellia disciformis (Fr.) Marbach & H.Mayrhofer

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.

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