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Protoblastenia rupestris

On concrete, Mt Eden Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 31/01/2020, 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>

On concrete path way, Grey Lynn Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 20/08/2021, 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 concrete walkway, Grey Lynn Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 20/08/2021, 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>

Auckland.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 25/08/2019, 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>

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Common names

Chewing gum lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: RR, SO

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Protoblastenia

Family

Psoraceae

Authority

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Synonyms

Lichen rupestris

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

rupestris: From the Latin rupes ‘rock, cliff’, meaning growing in rocky places

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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