Flora of New Zealand Series

M. stirtoniana Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 96 (1894).

Trypethelium erumpens Stirton, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. 14: 473 (1875) , non Fée [Annls Sci. nat. 23: 436 (1831)].

Lectotype: New Zealand. Wellington. J. Buchanan, BM!

Thallus thin, continuous or cracked, in minute parallel lines, glaucous or pale yellowish-brown, shining, ± varnish-like. Pseudothecia in stromata, hemispherical to irregularly swollen, black, shining to subpruinose, 0.5-2.5 mm diam. Ascospores ellipsoid 3-septate, 24 × 12 µm.

N: Known only from the type collection.

Endemic