Flora of New Zealand Series

Lichen uliginosus Schrader, Spic. fl. germ. 1: 88 (1794).

Thallus of minute, compacted, convex granules, ± leprose, dark red-brown, to brown-black, spreading over substrate, muscicolous or terricolous. Apothecia 0.5 mm diam., or less, black, ± innate in thalline granules, best seen when wet, disc brown, dull, margins soon excluded. Hymenium colourless, 65-70 µm tall. Epithecium and hypothecium dark brown. Ascospores ellipsoid, 11-16 × 5-7 µm. Chemistry: C-, K-, KC-, Pd.

N: South Auckland (Mt Pirongia, Kaimanawa Ra.). S: Canterbury (Arthur's Pass). On rotting stumps and on peat in open areas near forest margins.

Cosmopolitan