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Notoparmelia testacea

Common in broadleaf forest, Hokianga Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 26/12/2019, 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>

Corticolous, Hokianga Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 03/04/2021, 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, Banks Peninsula Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 11/11/2019, 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>

Corticolous on conifers on wetland edge, Northshore Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 04/11/2019, 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>

Local corticolous lichen on pohutukawa, Cornwallis Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 21/06/2021, 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>

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Biostatus

Native

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Notoparmelia

Family

Parmeliaceae

Authority

Notoparmelia testacea (Stirt). A.Crespo, Ferencova & Divakar

Synonyms

Parmelia rudior (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Parmelia tenuirimis var. erimis Nyl.,Parmelia erimis (Nyl.) Hillmann, Parmelia signifera f. pallidior Zahlbr., Parmelia testacea Stirt.

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

testacea: From the Latin ‘testa’ tile, referring to either the hard quality of something or its yellow-brown colour like that of terracotta.

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.

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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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