Pertusaria amaurospora Hellb.
?P. limescens Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 333 (1941).
Lectotype: New Zealand. South Auckland, Maunganui near Tauranga. December 1874. S. Berggren, S!
P. limescens. Type: New Zealand. Otago, Black Head near Dunedin, on coastal rock. J.S. Thomson ZA 63, W - not seen.
Thallus areolate-cracked, uniform, matt, smooth, areolae angular, minute, 0.15 mm diam., or less, separated by narrow cracks, yellowish-white or yellowish-grey, with distinct, narrow, black, wavy lines at margins and small blackened areas (?prothallus) scattered through thallus, forming coalescing mosaics, 1-5(-8) cm diam., saxicolous. Fertile verrucae scattered to crowded, rounded, ± hemispherical, with a flattened apex, monocarpic, ostiole black, 0.05-0.1 mm diam. Asci clavate, 6-spored (occasionally 4-spored). Hymenial gelatine reddish-brown. Ascospores oval, thick walled, often brownish when young, colourless at maturity (56.5-)74-87 × 34-43.5 µm. Wall 8-12 µm thick. Chemistry: K+ red or brownish. ?Arthothelin, UV+ dull orange.
N: South Auckland (Tauranga). S: Otago (Black Head, Dunedin).
Endemic
