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Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 15/09/2021, 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>

Hinewai Reserve, Banks Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 19/10/2019, 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>

Matawai Park, Rangiora.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 11/07/2020, 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>

Port Hills, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 11/05/2019, 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>

Oxford.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 09/05/2015, 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>

On Berberis glaucocarpa, Rakaia River.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 12/09/2020, 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 saltmarsh ribbonwood, Lake Forsyth, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 27/04/2019, 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>

Bankside Scientific Reserve, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 27/10/2020, 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>

Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 18/03/2023, 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

Golden-eye lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: Inc, TO

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrates

Corticolous (bark, wood), Saxicolous (rock), Artificial (glass, concrete, plastic, brick)

Substrate details

Corticolous, saxicolous, artificial surfaces (fenceposts, painted wooden surfaces, plastic)

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Teloschistes

Family

Teloschistaceae

Authority

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th.Fr.

Synonyms

Lichen chrysophthalmus, Niorma chrysophthalmus, Xanthoanaptychia chrysophthalma

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

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.

TELCHR

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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