Flora of New Zealand Series

A. subramulosa Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 83 (1894).

A. ramulosa Knight et Mitten, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23: 105 (1860) non Nyl. [Mém. Soc. natn. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 2: 335 (1854)].

Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco (? Auckland). Charles Knight 172, 1858, BM!

Thallus dull white, shining or cobwebby, on decorticated wood, spreading in small, whitish stains 5-15 mm diam. Ascocarps sessile, 0.2-1 mm long and 0.1 mm wide, rounded or lens-shaped to stellate-irregular, black or dark brown. Ascospores 3-septate, oblong or obovate, upper cell largest.

N: ?Auckland. Known only from the type collection.

Endemic