Buellia kantvilasii
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| Buellia kantvilasii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Buellia |
| Species: | B. kantvilasii |
| Binomial name | |
| Buellia kantvilasii Elix, Blanchon & A.Knight | |
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.
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]