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Normandina pulchella

Growing over bryophytes, Dome Valley Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 21/03/2020, 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>

Growing over liverwort on nikau, Maunganui Bluff, Northland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 29/09/2020, 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>

Corticolous on manuka bark, Grey Lynn Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 18/04/2021, 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>

On Degelia gayana, Pureora Waikato.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 02/06/2019, 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>

Growing on Leptogidium, Waima Northland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 26/06/2020, 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>

Growing on Leptogidium, the black perithecia seen formerly thought to be the species Lauderlindsaya borreri, Waima Northland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 26/06/2020, 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>

Heaphy Track.<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>

Coromandel Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 05/09/2020, 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>

Soredia. Coromandel Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 05/09/2020, 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

Elf ears lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Squamulose

Lichen substrates

Corticolous (bark, wood), Saxicolous (rock), Foliicolous (leaves), Lichenicolous (other lichens)

Substrate details

Corticolous, saxicolous, foliicolous or lichenicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Normandina

Family

Verrucariaceae

Authority

Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl.

Synonyms

Verrucaria pulchella

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

pulchella: Pretty little thing

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.

NORPUL

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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