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Austropeltum

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Austropeltum

Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)[1]
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)[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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.