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Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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Verrucaria mucosa Wahlenb.

V. mucosa Wahlenb. ex Ach., Meth. Lich.: 23 (1803).

Thallus green-brown to greenish-black, gelatinous, smooth or with a few cracks, rather thicker than V. maura, sometimes developing a white prothallus which may be ± conspicuous at margins, in patches, saxicolous, Perithecia immersed, more in evidence when dry. Ascospores ellipsoid 9-13 × 4-6 µm.

S: Southland (Bluff). A: C: On coastal rocks below high water mark.

Cosmopolitan

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