Buellia kantvilasii
| Buellia kantvilasii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Buellia |
| Species: | B. kantvilasii
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| Binomial name | |
| Buellia kantvilasii Elix, Blanchon & A.Knight
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Buellia kantvilasii is a species of lichen in the family Caliciaceae. Found on coastal rocks in New Zealand and eastern Tasmania, it was first described in 2017 by John Alan Elix, Dan Blanchon and Allison Knight.
Description
Buellia kantvilasii has a crustose thallus, and an upper surface that is shiny and coloured white, grey-white or pale grey. The species can be distinguished from Buellia albula due to the presence of immersed apothecia, discs that range from weakly concave, an inspersed subhymenium and by living on a substrate of siliceous rock.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 2017 by John Alan Elix, Dan Blanchon and Allison Knight. It was named after Gintaras Kantvilas, an Australian lichenologist who collected the type specimen.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species is found on coastal rocks in Queensland, eastern Tasmania and New Zealand.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Assessment Details for Buellia kantvilasii Elix, Blanchon & A.Knight". New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Elix, John A.; Knight, Allison; Blanchon, Dan (January 2017). "New species and new records of buellioid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from New Zealand and Tasmania". Australasian Lichenology. 80: 46–52. ISSN 1328-4401. Wikidata Q135431552.
- ^ Elix, John A; McCarthy, Patrick M; Kantvilas, Gintaras; Archer, Alan W (2019). "Additional lichen records from Australia 85". Australasian Lichenology. 84: 55–71.