Flora of New Zealand Series

L. vallata (Stirton) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 50 (1894).

Lecanora vallata Stirton, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. 14: 463 (1875).

Lectotype: New Zealand. Wellington. J. Buchanan, BM!

Thallus whitish-grey, minutely granular, subrimose-areolate, corticolous. Apothecia sessile or innate, urceolate, 1-4 per areola, often crowded together, disc shining, epruinose, pale brownish or brown-black, minute, 0.16 mm diam., thalline margin pale whitish, entire. Ascospores 1-3-septate, fusiform, often curved, apices blunt, 16-32 × 4-5 µm.

N: Known only from the type collection.

Endemic