Pycnothelia caliginosa
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
2018 | Threatened – Nationally Endangered | Qualifiers: DP, RR, Sp, TO
Category
Lichen
Structural class
Lichens - Fruticose
Lichen substrate
Terricolous (soil)
Substrate details
Terricolous
Threats
Some Pycnothelia caliginosa habitat on the Denniston and Stockton Plateaux has already been destroyed by open-cast coal mining, and there are proposals to expand the mining operations to destroy more of its habitat.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
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.
PYCCAL
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.