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Dan's Cladia
Cladia blanchonii
Cladia blanchonii, known by the common name Dan's Cladia, is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Found in Australia and New Zealand, the species was first described in 2013 by Sittiporn Parnmen and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch, who named the species after New Zealand botanist Dan Blanchon.
From the article Cladia blanchonii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The species has inflated and tapered sterile pseudopodetia, is pale yellow to green-brown in colour on its surface, and is glossy in appearance.
Range & habitat
The species is widespread but rarely found across New Zealand including the Chatham Islands, and is also found in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia, typically found on mossy soil and rocky outcrops.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is both saxicolous (living on rock) and terricolous (living on soil).
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 469286.