Flora of New Zealand Series

Graphis inusta Ach., Syn. Lich.: 85 (1814).

Graphis strigata Knight, T.N.Z.I. 16: 404 (1884).

Thallus creamish-white, thick, rugose, corticolous. Lirellae flexuous, branching, simple to stellate, 0.5-3.0 × 0.3 mm, thalline margin thin to lacking, proper exciple prominent, open, the disc dark, sometimes pruinose, base open, brown. Ascospores 6-8 per ascus, 4-locular, 18-21 × 7-10 µm, walls thick, brown. Chemistry: TLC nil.

N: Auckland (Waitakere Ra., Rangitoto I.), Bay of Plenty (Kaingaroa Plain). On bark (Coriaria sp., Dacrycarpus), lowland and coastal.

Cosmopolitan