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It includes all fungal species and their hosts reported from Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ), provides up to date names and classification for the fungi, an opinion about biostatus (is it really here? is it exotic or indigenous?), and contains links to the information sources supporting those statements. In addition to being an essential tool for managing biosecurity, the information on Biota of NZ has been used to ask questions like ‘what is the impact of exotic fungal pathogens on native plants?’, and ‘how has increasing levels of trade impacted the rates of introduction of new fungal pathogens?’
But it’s not all fungi – Biota of NZ also holds information on bacteria, land invertebrates and plants, including seed plants, ferns and allies, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lichens, and some algae. Biota of NZ is constantly updated by experts and users can subscribe to any notifications of changes to taxonomic data.
Biota of NZ is free to use.
