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Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Homotypic synonym, Lecanora rupicola, regarded as non-endemic by Galloway (2007)

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rupicola

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Thallus white to grey, pale fawn-buff, rather smooth, areolate cracked, areolae minute, angular, ± convex, often intersected by dark lines of prothallus, forming mosaics on flat rocks 5-8(-10) cm diam. Apothecia sessile, often subinnate at first, 0.2-1.5 mm diam., disc pale brown, white or grey-pruinose, C+ orange, pruina thin to dense, concave to plane to subconvex, margins thin, entire or crenulate, concolorous with thallus. Ascospores ellipsoid, 10-14 × 6-7 µm. Chemistry: Atranorin, chloratranorin, thiophanic and roccellic acids.

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Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon
Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon 2022
Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon
Lecanora rupicola (L.) Zahlbr.
Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon
Lichen rupicola L.
Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P. F. Cannon

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New Zealand
Otago Land District

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29 January 2026
28 January 2026
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