Lecanora epibryon subsp. broccha
Synonyms
Lecanora broccha, Lecanora parmelina
Family
Lecanoraceae
Flora category
Lichen – Native
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Current conservation status
2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO
Brief description
Characterised by the graminicolous habit (dead tussock bases); the thin, whitish thallus of dispersed verrucae; prominent sessile apothecia, constricted at base, 0.8–2.5 mm diam., the disc red-brown to brown-black, intensely dark-brown when moist, epruinose,and the thalline exciple, prominent, white, smooth, entire, crenulate, and flexuose.
Distribution
North Island: Wellington (Ruahine Ranges). South Island: Nelson (Mt Arthur, Cobb Valley, St Arnaud Range, Roding River, Island Saddle), Marlborough (Mt Weld,) Canterbury (Mt Trovatore, Cass, Craigieburn Range, Torlesse Range) to Otago (Forgotten River, Queenstown Hill, Arrowtown, Alexandra, Lake Onslow, Mt Benger, Old Man Range, Umbrella Mts, Rock & Pillar Range, Lee Stream, Maungatua).
Also in Papua New Guinea, SE Australia (including Tasmania) and southern South America in Chile and Argentina, in the Falkland Is, and Kerguelen.
Habitat
On dead tussock bases (especially of Poa), mainly E of the Main Divide in subalpine to high-alpine grasslands and herbfield.
Detailed description
Chemistry: Major compounds: ±atranorin, ±barbatic, stictic, ±norstictic acids and ±2,5,7-trichloro-O-methylnorlichexanthone. Minor compounds: ±atranorin, ±chloroatranorin, ±con-norstictic, constictic, cryptostictic, menegazziaic, ±norstictic, ±lecanoric, ±gyrophoric, ±4-O-demethylbarbatic acids and ±methyl barbatate, ±methyl β-orsellinate, ±5,7-dichloro-3-O-methyl-norlichexanthone, ±2,5,7-trichloro-3-O-methylnorlichexanthone, ±3-O-methylasemone, ±2,5,7-trichlorolichexanthone and ±ursolic acid.
Substrate
Graminicolous (dead tussock bases), terricolous
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared by Melissa Hutchison (29 November 2021). Brief description, Distribution, Habitat, and Features sections copied from Galloway (1985, 2007).
References and further reading
Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.