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Polyblastia trachyspora

P. trachyspora (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 93 (1894).

≡Verrucaria trachyspora C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 15: 355 (1883).

Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – WELT.

Description : Flora (1985: 410).

N: Wellington. Known only from the type collection (on rock).

Endemic

Illustration : Knight (1883: pl. XXXVI, fig. 9 – as Verrucaria trachyspora).

Polyblastia trachyspora is characterised by: the saxicolous habit; the thin, brownish thallus; minute, semi-immersed black perithecia; and colourless, oval, muriform ascospores, 18 × 10 μm.

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