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Byssoloma adspersum

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On timber fence, Heaphy Track, West Coast.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 04/04/2021, 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>

Maninganinga Kauri Walk, Northland.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/01/2020, 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>

Maninganinga Kauri Walk, Northland.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 20/01/2020, 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>

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Common names

Path side lichen

Biostatus

Native – Endemic taxon

Current conservation status

2018 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: OL

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Lignicolous (decorticated wood)

Substrate details

Lignicolous, often on tanalised wood.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Byssoloma

Family

Pilocarpaceae

Authority

Byssoloma adspersum Malcolm & Vězda

Endemic taxon

Yes

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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