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Usnea capillacea

Boyd Creek.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 05/01/2011, 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>

Hump Ridge.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 29/09/2007, 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>

Borland Saddle.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 07/01/2020, 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>

Boyd Creek.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 08/01/2020, 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>

Fiordland.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 11/04/2009, 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>

Apothecia, Monowai Dam.<br>Photographer: Allison Knight, Date taken: 08/01/2020, 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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Common names

Mist lichen

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Usnea

Family

Parmeliaceae

Authority

Usnea capillacea Motyka

Synonyms

Usnea articulata senso Galloway (2007)

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Usnea articulata does not exist in NZ or Australia, as suggested by Galloway (2007). Usnea capillacea is not a synonym of U. articulata, but represents the entity in New Zealand (see Bannister et al. 2023).

Etymology

capillacea: From the Latin capillus ‘hair’ or ‘thread’, meaning hair-like or thread-like

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.

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Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Bannister J.M., Knight A. and Blanchon D. 2023: Reinstatement of Usnea capillacea Motyka (lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae) to the New Zealand lichenized mycobiota. Australasian Lichenology 92: 8-13.

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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