One large tree on alluvial frost flat.
On mountain beech.
On the ground. Based on the pic in Allison Knight's lichens guide
Locally common in small clearings on hillside.
Two Old Man cotoneaster bushes need to be removed.
Uncommon. On vehicle track in silt.
Some planted from local seed, some spontaneous seedlings established (3rd & 4th pictures) in herbicided ground cover in fenced, very dry, riverbed floodplain; last picture of rabbit browsed local plant. Phillip Grove of ECan has been carrying out the trials
Under old pine. Just missed out on getting cleared in recent felling operations by the look of it. I will have to return to look at flowers in a week or two to confirm... but this location it is the most likely species.
a couple of shrubs, fenced off from grazing
Cave entrance. This looks like some sort of hybrid. A. cimmeriorum and A. gracillimum growing close by.
Corticolous.
Upper surface with pseudocyphellae, which are associated with isidia. Underside pseudocyphellae appear very rare to absent.
Local weed in sandy soil.
Local grass around seeps. Spend seed heads.
Gingidia decipiens
originally thought this was Anisotome imbricata var. prostrata (Apiaceae)
NZ Alpine, Conical Hill
i111505 259
One fruiting body in wet rainforest.
First record of this species since its naming. Local in promordial swamp. Hairs on upper surface, pseudocyphellae rare, upper surface scabrid-areolate, phyllidia on margins. Pseudocyphellae on underside.
One plant on roadside.
Damp depression
One of the photos seems to show four stamens. That's why I think it is G. elatinoides instead of G. diandrum.
Locally common on damp silt on margins of artificial wetlands created for kaki (Himanotopus novae-zelandiae) management. growing with Glossostigma elatinoides, G. diandrum, Centipeda aotearoana, Limosella lineata, Myriophyllum triphyllum, Riccia cavernosa (see http://naturewatch.org.nz/observations/2722895) and Dysphania pusilla.
Heavily flowering - but flowers not evident as these are present beneath the stems buried into the silt.
Voucher collected.
wild in a drain
Probably - could be depauperate L. lyallii - was unable to check exact identity but the habitat, stature and leaf width match L. striata best.
Common amongst gravel of exposed portion of lake bed. Associated with Leptinella maniototo, Lilaeopsis ruthiana, and Myriophyllum triphyllum.
Lichen on trunk of lancewood tree.
Positive test ; main symptoms thick throat, husky voice, tiredness
Corticolous on raukawa in frost flat (or close too). Upper surface with pseudocyphellae, K+ Yellow - Red, powdery sorediate mostly marginal, with apothecia.
In Otepatotu Reserve amongst series of small bluffs under 3m tall regenerating scrub. Habitat in last photo.
Note -single flower present quite small at 4-5mm ⌀
Corticolous on cabbage tree. First recording of a specimen with apothecia in NZ.
Local under boulders at Hananui summit.
Solorina crocea, occasional in alpine herbfield
Common on limestone.
See:
Galloway, D. J. (2013). The lichen genera Aspiciliopsis, and Placopsis (Trapeliales: Trapeliaceae: Ascomycota) in New Zealand. Phytotaxa, 120(1), 1-194.
Cyanbacterial.
Lower surface glabrous or only subpubescent.
Thallus faveolate.
With numerous terete to squamiform phyllidia along sulcate ridges, lobes and apothecial margins.
But it says 'apothecia rare' and this has heaps of apothecia!
Saxicolous. Cyanobacterial. Lower surface glabrous.
Thallus faveolate (see 4th photo).
Without marginal and laminal phyllidia (I think); apothecia common.
Rare saxicolous lichen on basalt with Buellia spuria. Colourless one septate spores, nonpolarilocular, 10 x 5 microns. K + Yellow? Lecanora type asci, apothecia lecideine, with thalline margin.
Corticolous on beech.
No frosted squamules.
Grey-yellow when dry.
Spores without peristomes, halonate?, ellipsoid, 11 - 17. 5 x 8.75 - 11.25 microns.
Growing on plastic water tank with Pannaria athroophylla.
Saxicolous under rock at summit.
Local terricolous lichen with Cladia gorgonea, Hypnum cupressiforme and Campylopus clavatus. K+ yellow, deformed short podetia, apothecia common. Podetia 1-2 teirs.
=Caloplaca flavorubescens in the NZ flora. Growing on Coprosma parviflora with Bacidia sp. Yellow sessile apothecia, margins concolorous with thallus, discs K+ violet -red. Spores colourless, 10 - 12.5 x 5 microns, septum 5 microns (1/2 length).
Common lichen amongst bryophytes in subalpine scrub.
Local corticolous lichen in allivual forest remnant. Spores colourless, muriform, 45-52.5 microns. Apothecia K+ red-purple.
Uncommon. In pakihi wetland area
On Chilean guava. I think this is the first record from Chatham Island
Forming loose mats across fellfield on extremely exposed tops.
Small population on damp , shaded bluff at 460m. Plants with large leaves to 50mm long & fruiting culms to 200mm tall.
Last photo shows habitat.
Occasional on tree trunks in semi-shade
Small lichen corticolous on nikau in coastal forest. Soredia rare on specimens I saw.
Fits this species best. Rarely seen in broadleaf/podocarp forest. KC-. Apothecia sessile, epruinose, 0.1 - 2.5 mm. Spores, indistinclty septate, curved sometimes spiralled or straight, 85 x 2.5 μm. Hymenium 100μm.
Common, in herbfield and grassland amongst montane valley tussockland and shrubland
4 plants found growing sheltered under ultramafic rocks. This is a new site for this rare species. Plants bright green. We were searching for it but didn't get to the main site.
In Otepatotu Reserve on very damp open mossy face at 680m alt.
The only Corybas Hugh Wilson has recorded as present on Banks Peninsula are C. micranthus, C. orbiculatus & C.trilobus agg.
No flowers, but vegetatively looks closest to C. oblongus to me, but I guess C.orbiculatus could be a possibility.
Corticolous.
Thallus with terete isidia.
Thallus finely wrinkled?
Upper surface velvety to scurfy? = L. cyanizum?
L. austroamericanum?
Only a couple. I have a location photo for those that require it.