Flora of New Zealand Series

A. leptiza (Stirton) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 89 (1894).

Verrucaria leptiza Stirton, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. 14: 472 (1875).

Lectotype: New Zealand. Near Wellington, on ? Cordyline bark. J. Buchanan (ex Herb. Stirton), BM!

Thallus dark greyish-black in indeterminate patches, thin, minutely distinctly areolate-cracked, corticolous. Perithecia black, shining, rather sparse, very minute, 0.02 mm diam., raised, hemispherical. Ascospores elongate-ellipsoid, 1-septate, 12-15 × 5 µm.

N: Known only from the type collection.

Endemic