#lobariaceae

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#2454 - Pseudocyphellaria sp. - Specklebelly Lichens

Another specklebelly lichen, but i'm not sure which species this one is. As you can see the treetrunk was absolutely encrusted with other species - I really could have spent hours on one tree, finding more species to photograph.

Taranaki Goblin Forest, New Zealand

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#2450 - Sticta subcaperata

A foliose epiphytic lichen found in humid forests on both islands, from sealevel to subalpine areas, in medium to low light. Olive-green to lettuce-green thallus lobes and bright yellow-orange apothecia.

Taranaki Goblin Forests, New Zealand

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#2453 - Pseudocyphellaria rufovirescens

A bark-dwelling epiphytic lichen found at lower altitudes on North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands, most often in podocarp forests, along streams, or where Leptospermum is part of the succession.

In full sunlight specimens are often suffused brownish, but that might be because of which photobiont is dominant - most lichens feature either a green alga or a cyanobacterium, but Pseudocyphellaria rufovirescens has both. It's most often green, as here, but younger specimens have cyanobacteria. More interestingly, the fronds are quite distinct in shape as well as colour.

Like many lichens, this specklebelly lichen suffers if it gets too dry - but its photosynthetic ability also suffers if it gets too much rain - which must be a problem when its growing somewhere that gets over 10 meters of rain a year.

Taranaki Goblin Forest, New Zealand

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#2452 - Yarrumia coronata

Named after James Murray (1923–1961) "who first detected polyporic acid in the two species comprising the genus, and who contributed so much to New Zealand lichenology, subsequent to his initial interest in the chemistry of Yarrumia coronata dating from 1949".

A large bark-dwelling lichen found on bark and twigs in full sunlight or in moderate shade in humid habitats, from sea level up to 1500m, on all the main islands of New Zealand and most of the outer islands as well.

The large lobes are very honeycombed with pits, and its inner layers are yellow, and the spore-bearing structures numerous and red-brown to blackish.

Taranaki Goblin Forests, New Zealand

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#2451 - Sticta lacera

AKA Cetraria lacera, Lobaria parvula, Sticta filix var. parvula, and Sticta parvula.

Found growing among moss on bark and sometimes on ground or among rocks, on North and South Island up to about 1000m, in moderate shade in forested areas, on soil on rocks in humid sites, and rarely on rocks in tussock grassland on Campbell Island. The more robust form that grows on treetrunks was formerly known as Sticta filix, but genetic evidence proved that it and the more delicate form growing around the base of the tree were the same organism.

Taranaki Goblin Forest, New Zealand

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#2687 - Podostictina pickeringii

Also known as Sticta pickeringii, Sticta durvillei, and Pseudocyphellaria flavicans.

Endemic to Aotearoa, where it grows on bark and rock on both main islands and the Chathams, and probably elsewhere. Sources differ on which family it should be in.

Queenstown, Aotearoa NZ