Austropeltum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Sphaerophoraceae |
Genus: | Austropeltum Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992) |
Species: | A. glareosum
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Binomial name | |
Austropeltum glareosum Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)[2]
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Austropeltum is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae.[3] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Austropeltum glareosum, found in Australia and New Zealand.[4]
In November 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified Austropeltum glareosum as "Nationally Vulnerable" with the qualifiers "Data Poor" and "Threatened Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]