Dibaeis absoluta
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO
Category
Lichen
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Lichen substrates
Saxicolous (rock), Terricolous (soil)
Substrate details
Saxicolous, terricolous
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Baeomyces absolutus, Baeomyces absolutus var. novae-zelandiae, Baeomyces novae-zelandiae
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
Pink-fruited species of Baeomyces s. lat. were referred to Dibaeis Clem. (Gierl & Kalb 1993), and placed in the family Icmadophilaceae (Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005), a view that has received support from molecular studies (Platt & Spatafora 1999; Stenroos et al. 2002c). The genus comprises 15 species, one (the type species of the genus) with an holarctic distribution, the remaining taxa occuring most frequently in tropical regions. Two subgenera are recognised, viz. subgen. Dibaeis, comprising 11 taxa (D. arcuata in New Zeland); and subgen. Apoda, comprising four taxa (D. absoluta in New Zealand).
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
DIBABS
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Eriksson O.E. (Ed.) 2005: Outline of Ascomycota – 2005: Myconet 11: 1-113.
Eriksson O.E., Baral H.-O., Currah R.S., Hansen K., Kurtzman C.P., Rambold G. & Laessøe T. 2004: Outline of Ascomycota – 2004. Myconet 10: 1-99.
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.
Gierl C. & Kalb K. 1993: Die Flechtengattung Dibaeis. Eine Übersicht über die rosafrüchtigen Arten von Baeomyces sens lat. nebst Anmerkungen zu Phyllobaeis gen. nov. Herzogia 9: 593-645.
Pennycook S.R. & Galloway D.J. 2004: Checklist of New Zealand “Fungi”. In: McKenzie, E.H.C. (Ed.) Introduction to fungi of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand/Ngā Harore o Aoteroa Volume 1. Fungal Diversity Research Series 14: 401-488.
Platt J.L. & Spatafora J.W. 1999: A re-examination of generic concepts of baeomycetoid lichens based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear SSU and LSU ribosomal DNA. Lichenologist 31: 409-418.
Rambold G., Triebel D. & Hertel, H. 1993: Icmadophilaceae, a new family in the Leotiales. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 53: 217-240.
Stenroos S., Myllys L., Thell A.& Hyvönen J. 2002c: Phylogenetic hypotheses: Cladoniaceae, Stereocaulaceae, Baeomycetaceae, and Icmadophilaceae revisited. Mycological Progress 1: 267-282.