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Megalospora campylospora

Locally common, corticolous on rimu in rimu-kauri ridge forest with Parmotrema reticulatum. Dargaville Northland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 20/02/2024, 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>

Corticolous on tanekaha, Northshore Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 18/11/2021, 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>

Corticolous on matai, Otira Westland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 26/11/2023, 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>

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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

Megalospora

Family

Megalosporaceae

Authority

Megalospora campylospora (Stirt.) Sipman

Synonyms

Lecidea campylospora Stirt., Megalospora sulphurata var. campylospora (Stirt.) Zahlbr., Lecidea (Catillaria) clathrata C.Knight, Lecidea taitensis* epiglauca Nyl., Patellaria sulphurata var. epiglauca (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Psorothecium taitense* Ps. epiglaucum (Nyl.) Hellb., Psorothecium taitensis var. epiglaucum (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Megalospora allanii Zahlbr.

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

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.

MEGCAM

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

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.

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