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Pulchrocladia retipora

Arthurs Pass.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 29/05/2020, 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>

Macraes Flat, Otago.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 31/10/2015, 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>

Bealey Valley, Arthurs Pass.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 12/11/2016, 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>

Mt Honey, Campbell Island.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 06/01/2018, 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>

Motukānuka Scientific Reserve, Eyrewell, Canterbury Plains.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 09/11/2019, 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>

Chatham Island/Rekohu.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 22/12/2020, 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

Coral lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Terricolous (soil)

Substrate details

Terricolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Pulchrocladia

Family

Cladoniaceae

Authority

Pulchrocladia retipora (Labill.) S.Stenroos, Pino-Bodas & Ahti

Synonyms

Baeomyces retiporus, Cladia retipora, Cladonia retipora

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

It is of considerable beauty, closely resembling lace or coral and is occasionally used in floral decoration, and in architectural models.

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. 2002. LICHEN PROFILE: Cladia retipora (Labill.) Nyl. Botanical Society of Otago 32. 4–9.

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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