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Topelia rosea

Topelia rosea in situ on shaded, undifferentiated Te Whanga Limestone, Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga, Rekohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island - close up of herbarium specimen showing perithecia.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 02/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Topelia rosea in situ on shaded, undifferentiated Te Whanga Limestone, Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga, Rekohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island - single perithecia present in centre of image.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 02/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Herbarium specimen - dried - showing yellow-buff colour developed on drying.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 01/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Close up of rehydrated perithecia of a herbarium specimen.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 01/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Close up of thallus of herbarium specimen.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 01/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ascospore - the muriform patterning, hyaline nature and thin-wall is evident in this image.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 01/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ascospore - note thin wall, hyaline and muriform.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 02/05/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</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 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: OL, SO

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous (calcareous rocks)

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Topelia

Family

Graphidaceae

Authority

Topelia rosea (Servít) P.M.Jørg. & Vězda

Synonyms

Microglaena rosea Servít

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Only one species of Topelia is known from New Zealand; the first record of the genus in the Southern Hemisphere (McCarthy 1993).

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

de Lange P.J. 2023: iNaturalist observation. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/159000695. Date accessed: 14 June 2023.

Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.

Jørgensen P.M.; Vězda A. 1984: Topelia, a new Mediterranean lichen genus. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia 79: 501-510.

McCarthy P.M. 1993: Additional lichen records from New Zealand. 9 Porina sylvatica and Topelina [sic] rosea. Australasian Lichenological Newsletter 33: 12-13.

McCarthy P.M. 2003: Catalogue of Australian lichens. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 19: 1-237.

McCarthy P.M. 2006: Checklist of the lichens of Australia and its island territories. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 29 March 2006. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html

Nimis P.L. 1993: The lichens of Italy. An annotated catalogue. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Monografia XII: 1-897.

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