Flora of New Zealand Series

Thallus dwarf fruticose, green or brown, attached to substrate by sparse, colourless rhizines. Lobes cylindrical, translucent. Hyphae parallel with rounded cells. Haustoria not thickened. Photobiont blue-green, Scytonema. Apothecia lateral, pale brown, gall-like without thalline or proper margins. Paraphyses septate, anastomosing at base, thickened, clavate at apices. Ascospores 8 per ascus, simple, colourless. Pycnidia lateral, pale brown, gall-like, flask-shaped, simple. Conidiophores simple producing acicular conidia.

Lichinodium is a genus of 2 described species in the family Lichinaceae [Henssen Symb. bot. upsal. 18: 83-85 (1963)]. Species are epiphytic on twigs or upon other lichens in humid, low-light situations. At least one undescribed species is present in New Zealand, among mosses on stones in subalpine habitats.