Author(s): W M Malcolm and D J Galloway

NZ Natural History

There are as many species of lichens in New Zealand as there are flowering plants, with more being discovered all the time. This book provides an up-to-date list of New Zealand lichens, many of which are illustrated here for the first time. It will enable teachers, students, conservationists, and trampers, as well as professional lichenologists, to identify lichens. There are also useful step-by-step descriptions of hand-sections, iodine tests, chemical spot tests, and spore preparations. As well as the comprehensive checklist, this guide contains citations, lists of epithets and synonyms, and a full bibliography.