Flora of New Zealand Series

C. haultainii (Knight) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 93 (1894).

Verrucaria haultainii Knight, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23: 100 (1860).

Lectotype: New Zealand. ? Auckland. Charles Knight 320, BM!

Thallus thin (0.4 mm), pale olivaceous to greyish, buff or whitish, uneven, shallowly wrinkled, following contours of bark, effuse or lacking. Perithecia superficial, scattered, solitary, minute, 0.1 mm diam., black, hemispherical, ostiole black, central, punctiform, very minute. Ascospores elongate ellipsoid, muriform, 90 × 25 µm.

N: Known only from the type collection.

Endemic