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Lecanora rupicola

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Common names

White rim lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: DP, SO

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Lecanora

Family

Lecanoraceae

Authority

Lecanora rupicola (L.) Zahlbr.

Synonyms

Lichen rupicola

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

rupicola: From the Latin rupes ‘rock, cliff’ and -cola ‘dweller’, refers to the usual habitat of the species

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Baron G. 1999: Understanding lichens. Slough, Richmond.

Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.

Galloway D.J. 2002: Notes on high-alpine species of Lecanora from schist underhangs in southern New Zealand, and a new name for L. parmelinoides. Australasian Lichenology 51: 20–32.

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

Leuckert C. and Poelt J. 1989: Studien über die Lecanora rupicola-Gruppe in Europa (Lecanoraceae). Nova Hedwigia 49: 121–167.

Lumbsch H.T. and Elix J.A. 2004: Lecanora. Flora of Australia 56A: 12–62.

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