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Bacidia minutissima C.Knight

B. minutissima Knight, T.N.Z.I. 15: 350 (1883).

Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco (prob. Wellington). Charles Knight 11.3.82, WELT Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, p. 12!

Thallus thin, dark olivaceous-brownish, decorticate, filmy, in dingy, bands or patches to 5 cm diam. Apothecia minute 0.05-0.2 mm diam., innate to subconvex, black, shining, immarginate. Ascospores fusiform 5-7(-9)-septate, 30.6-38 × 3-3.5 µm.

N: Known only from the type collection, on bark.

Endemic

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