Lecidea subdacrydii Zahlbr.
Type: New Zealand. Otago, Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin. In forest remnant on Dacrydium cupressinum. J.S. Thomson (T 2042) A 83.
Thallus in rounded to irregular patches, 0.5-7 cm diam., often somewhat effuse, whitish-grey, minutely wrinkled-verrucose or ± areolate, areolae convex, ± coriaceous. Apothecia scattered, sessile, 0.2-0.3 mm diam., rounded, plane to convex, dingy yellowish or pinkish-brown, translucent when wet, often obscured, blackened. Epithecium granular, brownish c. 8 µm thick. Hymenium pale straw-coloured, 68-80 µm thick. Hypothecium pale or colourless. Ascospores narrowly oblong, slightly curved, sometimes appearing spuriously 2-septate, 11-13.6 × 3-3.5 µm.
S: Known only from the type collection.
Endemic
