Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Pannaria amphibola C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 369 (1880).

≡Parmeliella amphibola (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 44 (1894).

≡Leioderma amphibolum (C.Knight) D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg., Lichenologist 19 (4): 368 (1987)

=Pannaria amphibela Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 50 (1888).

≡Pannularia amphibela (Nyl.) Hue, Nouv. Archs Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. 3, 3: 40 (1891).

Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – WELT [Herb. Knight Vol. 30: 6]. Isotypes – BM, G, H-NYL, WELT.

Pannaria amphibela. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 1867, Charles Knight 78 – H-NYL 31070. Isotype – WELT [Herb. Knight Vol. 30].

Description : Flora (1985: 346 – as Parmeliella amphibola).

N: South Auckland to Wellington. S: Nelson (Denniston Plateau), Marlborough (Ship Cove Queen Charlotte Sound) to Otago (Chinaman's Flat, Dart Valley, Routeburn, Mt Maungatua). St: (Port Pegasus). Known also from New South Wales and Tasmania (Galloway & Jørgensen 1987: 371; Kantvilas 1990c; Jørgensen & Galloway 1992b: 256; McCarthy 2003c, 2006) and from Argentina (Calvelo & Lorenzo 1989: 660–662).

Austral

Illustrations : Galloway & Jørgensen (1987: 369, fig. 15); Calvelo & Lorenzo (1989: 661, fig. 3D); Jørgensen & Galloway (1992b: 254, fig. 91C).

Fuscoderma amphibolum is characterised by: the corticolous habit; and the irregular, coarsely granular, bluish white soralia that contrast with the tawny, ochre-brown thallus. It is the most widespread and common species of Fuscoderma in Tasmania and New Zealand.