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Genus of fungi

Austropeltum
Conservation status

Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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

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.

References

  1. ^ de Lange, Peter James; Blanchon, Dan; Knight, Allison; Elix, John; Lücking, Robert; Frogley, Kelly; Harris, Anna; Cooper, Jerry; Rolfe, Jeremy (1 November 2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous lichens and lichenicolous fungi, 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 27. Department of Conservation (New Zealand): 1–68.
  2. "Austropeltum glareosum Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  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. hdl:10481/61998.
  4. Henssen A, Döring H, Kantvilas G (1991). "Austropeltum glareosum gen. et sp. nov., a new lichen from Mountain Plateaux in Tasmania and New Zealand". Botanica Acta. 105 (6): 457–467. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1992.tb00328.x. ISSN 0932-8629.
Taxon identifiers
Austropeltum
Austropeltum glareosum


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