Flora of New Zealand Series

H. japonica (Sato) Swinsc. et Krog, Lichenologist 8: 122 (1976).

Anaptychia dendritica var. japonica Sato, J. Jap. Bot. 12: 427 (1936).

Lobes slightly disjunct or adjacent, ± plane, not ascending, with short lateral lobes. Upper surface uneven, sorediate. Soralia apical, labriform. Lower surface ecorticate, white to blackish-violet. Apothecia laminal, sessile, to subpedicellate, thalline exciple sorediate. Ascospores with sporoblastidia 35-95 × 15-22 µm. Chemistry: Atranorin, zeorin, norstictic acid.

N: North Auckland, Three Kings Is, Coromandel coast and East coast. On bark of coastal forest trees. Still very much undercollected.

Western Pacific