Flora of New Zealand Series

V. lacrimans Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 249 (1941).

Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco (prob. Wellington). Charles Knight, WELT!

V. lacrimans. Type: New Zealand. Otago, Otago Heads near Dunedin, on coastal rock. J.S. Thomson ZA 27, W - not seen. Isotypes in CHR, OTA.

Thallus olive-brownish or blackish, continuous to distinctly areolate-cracked, very thin, areolae angular, minute, thin (0.1 mm thick), roughened, dull, continuous or cracked, smooth to uneven, prothallus ± distinct, saxicolous. Perithecia scattered, coal-black, shining or dull, ± swollen, sessile, convex, 0.2-0.3 mm diam., ostioles minute. Ascospores biseriate, ellipsoid, contents minutely granular, occasionally appearing spuriously 1-septate, 16-24 × 9-11 µm.

N: Wellington. S: Canterbury (Kaikoura), Otago (Otago Harbour). On coastal rocks.

Endemic