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Varicellaria cacuminum

Thallus and apothecia.<br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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>

Mature apothecia.<br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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>

Immature (immersed) apothecia.<br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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>

Thallus section in K, showing pigmented cortical zone and interrupted, ±hyaline photobiont zone. <br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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 section showing large ascospores filling the asci.<br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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.<br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, 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>

Part of ascospore showing striate wall. <br>Photographer: Alan Fryday, Date taken: 25/06/2022, 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 – Endemic taxon

Current conservation status

Not Evaluated

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Varicellaria

Family

Pertusariaceae

Authority

Fryday

Synonyms

Pertusaria montana Imshaug

Taxonomic notes

Dr Henry A. Imshaug had annotated the collections Pertusaria montana, but this name has subsequently been used for a very different species from China

Endemic taxon

Yes

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

cacuminum: cacumen = summit (genitive plural cacuminum = of the summits)

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Fryday A.M. 2022: Varicellaria cacuminum (lichenized Ascomycota, Pertusariales), a new species of lichenized-fungi from Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku, with notes on Varicellaria and other Pertusariales in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 60. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0028825X.2022.2120823

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