Ochrolechia apiculata
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO
Category
Lichen
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Lichen substrate
Saxicolous (rock)
Substrate details
Saxicolous
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Taxonomic notes
Galloway (2007) synonymised this species with Ochrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal. (Fletcher et al. 2009), but the latter does not occur in Australia or New Zealand (McCarthy et al. 2017).
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Fletcher A., James P.W., Purvis O.W. 2009: Ochrolechia A.Massal. (1852). Pp. 626–631 in Smith C.W., Aptroot A., Coppins B.J., Fletcher A., Gilbert O.L., James P.W., Wolseley P.A. (eds), The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, London.
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.
McCarthy P.M., ELix J., Kantvilas G., Archer A. 2017: Additional lichen records from Australia 83. Australasian Lichenology 80: 62–77 pp.