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Syzygiella tasmanicaObserver
marleyiDescription
On shaded riparian bank. ID by David Glenny.
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Thamnobryum pumilumObserver
marleyiDescription
On low roots in forest remanent. Leaf margin incurved, costa failing, leaves ,1 mm long.
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Genus CampylopodiumObserver
marleyiDescription
=Campylopodium capillaceum
On exposed with in towai forest with bryophytes (POGsub).
ID by Rhys Gardner 'not Holomitrium, e.g. capsule slightly sulcate. cf Campylopodium capillaceum e.g if apex entire".
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Genus MicareaObserver
marleyiDescription
Rare, local. Terricolous with Neophyllis melacarpa on ridge in logged kauri forest. Thallus C+ red. Esorediate, without orange red patches. Spores 11.25 x 3.75 microns.
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Granular Mottled-disk Lichen (Trapeliopsis granulosa)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local. Lignicolous/terricolous on tree fern base. Soredia pale green. C+ red thallus.
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Concentric Boulder Lichen (Porpidia crustulata)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local on cut clay bank. Halonate spores and dark lower hypothecium are characteristic. Spores 16.25 x 7.5 microns.
ID by Allison Knight.
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Lobaria asperulaObserver
marleyiDescription
Local, corticolous in broadleaf forest. Underside with out pseudocyphellae. Apothecia rare.
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Lecidella Lichen (Lecidella elaeochroma)Observer
marleyiDescription
Corticolous on smooth barked tree in cemetery. Thallus K+ orange, C+ orange, UV+ orange. Spores 7.5 - 11.25 x 6.25 microns.
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Endive Pellia (Apopellia endiviifolia)Observer
invertebratistDescription
On moist ground next to the glowworm cave mouth.
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Micarea ceraceaObserver
marleyiDescription
Locally common, liginicolous on rotting log with Leucobryum javense in remnant broadleaf gully forest. K-, C-. Spores ovoid - ellipsoidal, 17.5 x 3.75 microns, 3 septate.
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Snow Poppy (Eomecon chionantha)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Titirangi, Auckland.
Roadside margin of Atkinson Park, opposite 38 Mahoe Rd.
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Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)Observer
marleyiDescription
Above high tide, against dunes. Seed presumably from beach drift, with Ipomoea cairica and Canavalia sericea. Two plants including: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/222748485
Found originally by Kevin Matthews.
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Degelia durietziiObserver
melissa_hutchisonDescription
On large boulder under beech trees
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Observer
melissa_hutchisonDescription
Coastal rocks.
Looks similar to https://inaturalist.nz/observations/79907058
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Genus BunodophoronObserver
melissa_hutchisonDescription
Corticolous in forest
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Calycidium cuneatumObserver
marleyiDescription
Local, corticolous in riparian forest with DENfla. Small spore bodies on margins, lobes with distinct incisions between apothecia. UV-, Pd-. Confirmed by Mats Wedin.
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Observer
marleyiDescription
Local. Corticolous in beech forest. Thallus flattened. Medulla Pd-. Spores rounded, grey to brownish, more than 10 microns. Two forms here?
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Bunodophoron murrayiObserver
marleyiDescription
Local. Corticolous in beech forest. Thallus flattened. Medulla Pd+ yellow orange. Spores rounded, grey to brownish, more than 10 microns. Two forms here?
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Saltbushes (Genus Atriplex)Observer
pjd1Place
Chatham Islands, Rekohu (Chatham Island), Waitangi, Waitangi Hotel Road (Petre Bay) (Google, OSM)Description
A single plant growing outside Hotel on roadside just above Petre Bay.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange CH4528, UNITEC 14389
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Leafless Rush (Juncus pauciflorus)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local in riparian forest under mānuka.
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Leafless Rush (Juncus pauciflorus)Observer
marleyiDescription
Locally common in riparian forest under mānuka. Pith continuous and interrupted.
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Chiseled Sunken Disk Lichen (Circinaria contorta)Observer
marleyiDescription
In Galloway 2007 as Aspicilia contorta (Hoffm.) Kremp.
New North Island record. On calcareous rock (gravestone cement). Pruinose thallus and discs, 6–8-spored asci, globose ascospores colourless, 25–30 × 20 μm.
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Rice Paper Plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer)Observer
violetvioletvioletDescription
Ayton Reserve. On a hilly area. Abundant number of seedlings underneath a mature tree. The parent tree is flowering heavily.
Many weeds nearby like tradescantia fluninensis. Tibouchina urvilleana, Fuchsia boliviana, Passiflora spp.
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Powdered Loop Lichen (Hypotrachyna revoluta)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local on queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) with Parmotrema reticulatum, Flavoparmelia sp. and other Parmeliods. Rhizines simple to branched, soredia, UV-, with apothecia.
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Oak Shield Lichen (Parmelina quercina)Observer
marleyiDescription
Corticolous on windfall in red beech forest. C+ red medulla, with maculae.
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Corn Spurge (Euphorbia segetalis)Observer
joedillonDescription
Small patch, but rapidly spreading. Individuals found occasionally in the 20m surrounding it.
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Observer
marleyiDescription
Local liverwort on forest floor, heavily fertile. Plants nondendroid, entire, midvein broad, margins undulate.
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Scented Broom (Carmichaelia odorata)Observer
brucedcDescription
On Panekire Bluff. Rotorua Botanical Society Newsletter April 1985: page 6.
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Observer
marleyiDescription
Saxicolous, local - rare. Lobes <8mm wide, truncate. With marginal cilia, rhizines simple or branching. UV+ gold, C+ red medulla.
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Chain Speedwell (Veronica catenata)Observer
philg-jDescription
These photos are from Flora of NZ (www.nzflora.info) and are CC-BY-NC 3.0
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Australian Orache (Atriplex australasica)Observer
pjd1Description
Locally common - either on small accummulations of sand and eroded rendzina soil from limestone towers, or on the sides of limestone towers. Leaves usually heavily mined by an as yet undetermined leaf miner. Commonly associated with Oxybasis ambigua and Disphyma papillatum.
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Austral Rush (Juncus australis)Observer
leonperrieDescription
Thought might be amabilis. Very black at base. But pith c. empty.
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Phlyctis uncinataObserver
marleyiDescription
In coastal forest with Pyrenula. The pruinose apothecia. Thallus K+ yellow - red, C-.
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Lepra psoromicaObserver
marleyiDescription
Corticolous on Taiwanese cherry. K+ yellow to red. Ascospores 8 per ascus.
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Powdery Medallion (Dirinaria picta)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local, corticolous on PLAcoa roots in steep coastal forest.
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Psoroma caliginosumObserver
marleyiDescription
Local, corticolous on DRAlon in subalpine scrub.
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Radula demissaObserver
marleyiDescription
In coastal forest with Radula demissa: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/190175225 Det. by David Glenny.
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Dall's Sedge (Carex dallii)Observer
fordkDescription
A small population that I visited in 1998 and still here.
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Parmotrema robustumObserver
marleyiDescription
Rare. Saxicolous on south facing coastal promontory. Soredia on laciniae, margins with cilia, UV-, cortex K+ yellow, medulla K+ dingy yellow to dirty yellow.
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Usnea ciliataObserver
marleyiDescription
Locally common, saxicolous on subalpine.
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Usnea capillaceaObserver
marleyiDescription
Corticolous in swamp forest. With apothecia.
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Observer
marleyiDescription
Seen on old growth tree stump in exposed tops. Sorediate and hollow.
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Snowflake Tree (Trevesia palmata)Observer
jack4Description
Appears to be naturalised likely garden waste.
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Menegazzia dielsiiObserver
marleyiDescription
Corticolous on Dracophyllum in montane scrub.
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Flaming Firedot Lichen (Athallia pyracea)Observer
pjd1Description
Corticolous on manawa (Avicennia marina subsp. resinifera). Associated with Lecanora c.f. carpinea, Bacidia sp., Opegrapha agelaeoides and Ramalina celastri.
Specimens fit here best using the New Zealand Lichen "Flora" (Galloway 2007) Caloplaca key. Apothecia orange, closely grouped, minute, up to 0.3 mm diameter; asci 8-spored, ascospores oval, 12.5 microns long, 7 microns wide, septum c. 4 microns thick (about one third spore length).
Voucher: UNITEC.
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Rexiella fuliginosaObserver
pjd1Description
Seems to fit here best. Noted on shaded entrance to small cave in Orthoquarzite outcrop. Terricolous on skeletal peaty soil, under Lepidothamnus intermedius / Phyllocladus aff. alpinus / Metrosideros umbellata.
Thallus swarding, intertangled, mottled black, black brown with portions pale green-white, not pruinose, not crystalline or areolate, perforations numerous elliptical to rounded, irregular. However, medulla white not black. Cortex K-, C- KC- Pd-.
Of the options in the currently accepted Rexiella for New Zealand this observation fits in R. fuliginosa better than R. sullivanii which has a crystalline cortex, which is yellow, yellow brown, greenish or white with a black medulla - see for example https://inaturalist.nz/observations/19024654
So I am putting this one in Rexiella fuliginosa as a placeholder, on the basis of the available descriptions for New Zealand specimens and consultation with Dr Dan Blanchon.
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Hybrid Rush (Juncus hybridus)Observer
harrylurlingDescription
A new weed for NZ.
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Sauloma tenellaObserver
johnwalterDescription
The white rhizoids in the lower leaf axils (image 5) and the long black tipped changing to gold then white calyptra (image 6) are indicators for this species. The dark line in the centre of the leaf in image 7 is not a costa but a fold in the leaf lamina, another species indicator.
The cells at the leaf base are broader than the other leaf cells and closer to rectangular (image 9). The main lamina cells are like long stretched diamonds that become shorter as you move up the leaf. (11 is lower mid leaf @ 100x and 12 is upper leaf @ 400x)
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Cladonia subsubulataObserver
marleyiDescription
Terricolous in drylands. K+ yellow medulla, UV-, Pd + red, soredia, grass like.
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Leptogium limbatumObserver
marleyiDescription
Local, terricolous streamside. Thallus smooth, phyllidiate, hairy underside, spores submuriform, 10 x 5 microns. Apothecia with white silky hairs, thalline margin entire (non lobulate), tomentose underside - localised hairs.
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Arctic Shingle Lichen (Pannaria hookeri)Observer
marleyiDescription
Saxicolous on alpine stacks in sheltered rocks.
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Membranous Pelt Lichen (Peltigera membranacea)Observer
marleyiDescription
Terricolous with CLAdar with POLjun in riparian beech forest. Tomentose on margins, esorediate, rhizines pale, erect tomentum.
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Crater Lichen (Diploschistes scruposus)Observer
marleyiDescription
Saxicolous in subalpine (siliceous rock). K+ yellow, C+ red, thallus greyish, spores brown, muriform, 55 x 30 microns, 4 spored asci.
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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)Observer
pjd1Description
Locally common on the trunks of nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida). Apothecia present but very uncommon.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange CH3048, UNITEC
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Genus AnisomeridiumObserver
pjd1Description
Corticolous on Cordyline australis.
Matches Anisomeridium subbiforme in gross morphology but spores not 1-septate.
Determination by A.J. Marshall.
