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Rusavskia elegans

Acheron River, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 07/03/2020, 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 schist, Fiddlers Flat Conservation Area, Otago.<br>Photographer: David Lyttle, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mt Cook National Park.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 14/12/2019, 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>

On concrete in Twizel.<br>Photographer: Tayla Hooker, Date taken: 19/05/2021, 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>

Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Tayla Hooker, Date taken: 19/05/2021, 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>

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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: RR, SO

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous. Also on concrete (power poles, fenceposts, retaining walls).

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Rusavskia

Family

Teloschistaceae

Authority

Rusavskia elegans (Link) S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt

Synonyms

Lichen elegans, Rusavskia elegans, Xanthoria elegans

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

elegans: Elegant

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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