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Cladia gorgonea

Saxicolous on basalt rock wall, Mt Eden Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 06/02/2019, 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>

Local terricolous lichen on coastal headland, Awhitu Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 06/11/2021, 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>

Lignicolous on dead Metrosideros excelsa stump, Rangitoto Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 15/09/2018, 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>

Terricolous ground cover, Point Chev Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 07/10/2021, 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>

Terricolous ground cover, Point Chev Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 21/10/2021, 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>

Local on basalt wall, Mt Albert Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 27/12/2021, 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>

Port Hills, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 10/11/2019, 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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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrates

Terricolous (soil), Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Terricolous, saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Cladia

Family

Cladoniaceae

Authority

Cladia gorgonea (Eschw.) Parnmen & Lumbsch

Synonyms

Cladonia gorgonea

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Parnmen S., Leavitt S.D., Rangsiruji A., & Lumbsch H.T. (2013: Identification of species in the Cladia aggregata group using DNA barcoding (Ascomycota: Lecanorales). Phytotaxa 115(1): 1-14.

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