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Umbilicaria cylindrica

Edwards Valley, Arthurs Pass National Park.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 08/02/2020, 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>

Mt Peel.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 20/02/2022, 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 Somers.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 22/09/2019, 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>

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Common names

Fringed rocktripe lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Umbilicaria

Family

Umbilicariaceae

Authority

Umbilicaria cylindrica (L.) Delise ex Duby

Synonyms

Lichen cylindricus

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

cylindrica: From the Latin cylindricus ‘cylindrical, having nearly a true cylindrical form

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.

James P.W.; Hawksworth D.L. and Rose F. 1977: Lichen communities in the British Isles: a preliminary conspectus. In: Seaward, M.R.D. (Ed.) Lichen ecology. London, New York & San Francisco, Academic Press. Pp. 295-413.

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