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(Trypetheliaceae) in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Peter J. de Lange<sup>1, *<\/sup>, Andrew J. Marshal<sup>1<\/sup>, Andr\u00e9 Aptroot<sup>2<\/sup>, Dan J. Blanchon<sup>3<\/sup><br><br>Affiliation:<br><sup>1<\/sup> Applied Molecular Solutions Research Centre, School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec, Private Bag 92025, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, Aotearoa \/ New Zealand.<br><sup>2<\/sup> Laborat\u00f3rio de Bot\u00e2nica \/ Liquenologia, Instituto de Bioci\u00eancias, Bairro, Universit\u00e1rio, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.<br><sup>3<\/sup> Auckland War Memorial Museum T\u0101maki Paenga Hira, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West, Auckland, New Zealand.<br><sup>*<\/sup> Corresponding author: <a href=\"mailto:pdelange@unitec.ac.nz\">pdelange@unitec.ac.nz<\/a><br><br>Received: 25 August 2025 | Accepted: 1 November 2025 | Published: xx<br>Associate Editor: Lilith Fisher<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.004101\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.004101<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">download PDF<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The presence of <em>Astrothelium nigratum<\/em> (M\u00fcll.Arg.) Aptroot &amp; L\u00fccking (Trypetheliaceae) in the lichenised mycobiota of Aotearoa \/ New Zealand is documented. Furthermore, the lichen described as <em>Trypethelium bicolor<\/em> var. <em>pyrenuloides<\/em> C.Knight in 1884 and treated as <em>Trypethelium phlyctaena<\/em> F\u00e9e in the 1985 edition, as <em>Trypethelium variolosum<\/em> Ach. [\u2261 <em>Astrothelium variolosum<\/em> (Ach.) M\u00fcll.Arg.] in the 2007 edition of the Flora of New Zealand Lichens (Galloway 2007), and in 2016 as <em>Astrothelium phlyctaena<\/em> (F\u00e9e.) Aptroot &amp; L\u00fccking, is here treated as a heterotypic synonym of <em>Astrothelium nigratum<\/em>. <em>Trypethelium bicolor<\/em> var. <em>pyrenuloides<\/em> C.Knight. This action removes Astrothelium\/<em>Trypethelium phlyctaena<\/em> and <em>Astrothelium<\/em>\/<em>Trypethelium variolosum<\/em> from the lichenised mycobiota of Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. <em>Astrothelium nigratum<\/em> is a widespread, common though under-collected lichen of mature forest known from a range of locations in Te Ika-a-M\u0101ui \/ North Island and from at least one location in the northwestern portion of Te Waipounamu \/ South Island. We assess <em>Astrothelium nigratum<\/em> as \u2018Not Threatened\u2019 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>de Lange, P.J., Marshall, A.J., Aptroot, A. &amp; Blanchon, D.J. (in press). <em>Astrothelium<\/em> Eschw. (Trypetheliaceae) in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. <em>Perspectives in Biodiversity<\/em>, 4(1): XX\u2013XX. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.004101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper &#8211; ACCEPTED Volume 4 Astrothelium Eschw. (Trypetheliaceae) in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand Peter J. de Lange1, *, Andrew J. Marshal1, Andr\u00e9 Aptroot2, Dan J. 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