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Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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Encephalographa otagensis (Linds.) Müll.Arg.

E. otagensis (Lindsay) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 96 (1894).

Melanospora otagensis Lindsay, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. 8: 426 (1866).

Holotype: New Zealand. Otago, Green Island Bluff. On columnar basalt. W. L. Lindsay, October 1861, E!

Thallus subdeterminate, crumbling, thick, chalky white, subfarinose or pulverulent, smooth to ± areolate-cracked. Apothecia scattered to numerous, minute, black, punctiform, lirelliform to angular or deformed-lecideine, solitary, never confluent, straight or wavy, black, disc flat or concave with prominent margins. Ascospores brown, 1-septate, oval-oblong, 24 × 12 µm.

S: Otago on coastal rocks. Known only from the type collection.

Endemic

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