Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Pseudocyphellaria argyracea (Delise) Vainio
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Kermadec Ecological Region and District, Kermadec Islands Nature Reserve, Northern Kermadec Islands Group, Raoul Island, Smiths Bluff track
Field Collection Date
15 May 2011
Field Collection Notes
Common. Growing intermingled with Pseudocyphellaria argyracea on the basal branches and trunk of a massive bryophyte covered Kermadec pohutukawa (Metrosideros kermadecensis) which is the dominant tree in the dense Metrosideros/Rhopalostylis forest that covers this part of Raoul island. Thallus when fresh dark glaucous-blue to almost brown-blue, drying brownish, margins of lobes free from isidia and marginal lobules.
DUPLICATE SENT TO: CHR
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-29.28994, -177.94961
-177.94961, -177.94961
Last Update
31 Jul 2019
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