Biology:Austropeltum

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Austropeltum

Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Austropeltum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)
Species:
A. glareosum
Binomial name
Austropeltum glareosum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)[2]

Austropeltum is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae.[3] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Austropeltum glareosum, found in Australia and New Zealand.[4]

Conservation status

In November 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified Austropeltum glareosum as "Nationally Vulnerable" with the qualifiers "Data Poor" and "Threatened Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 de Lange, Peter James; Blanchon, Dan; Knight, Allison; Elix, John; Lücking, Robert; Frogley, Kelly; Harris, Anna; Cooper, Jerry et al. (2018-11-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous lichens and lichenicolous fungi, 2018" (in en). New Zealand Threat Classification Series (Department of Conservation (New Zealand)) 27: 1–68. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs27entire.pdf. 
  2. "Austropeltum glareosum Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas". Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/fae540a8-f009-4b0a-b297-4bbfea1552df. 
  3. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. 
  4. "Austropeltum glareosum gen. et sp. nov., a new lichen from Mountain Plateaux in Tasmania and New Zealand". Botanica Acta 105 (6): 457–467. 1991. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1992.tb00328.x. ISSN 0932-8629. 

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