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Lichens A-Pac (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition A-Pac
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Degelia durietzii

D. durietzii Arv. & D.J.Galloway, Lichenologist 13 (1): 41 (1981).

Holotype: New Zealand. Canterbury, Nina Valley, on Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides, 1979, D.J. Galloway – CHR 343110. Isotypes – BM, UPS.

Description : Flora (1985: 151–152).

Chemistry : TLC−, all reactions negative.

N: Taranaki (Mt Taranaki), Wellington (E. of Taumaranui, Erua Swamp, Mt Marchant, Mt Alpha, Mt Holdsworth Tararua Ra.). S: Nelson (Lake Rotoiti), Westland (Lake Kaniere), Canterbury (Nina Valley near Lewis Pass, Wilberforce Valley, Governor's Bush, Mt Cook). A: (Port Ross, Erebus Cove, Laurie Harbour). Rather restricted in distribution with an altidudinal range of 100–1500 m. Known also from Tasmania and Fiji (Jørgensen & James 1990: 269; Jørgensen & Galloway 1992b: 249; McCarthy 2003c, 2006).

Palaeotropical

Illustrations : Arvidsson & Galloway (1981: 36, fig. 5A, D); Malcolm & Galloway (1997: 77); Kantvilas & Jarman (1999: 62); Malcolm & Malcolm (2000: 22, 115).

Degelia durietzii is characterised by: the isidiate lobes; and the isidiate margins to the apothecia when present.

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