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Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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Staurothele fissa (Taylor) Zwackh

S. fissa (Taylor) Zwackh, Flora 45: 552 (1862).

Verrucaria fissa Taylor in Mack., Fl. hibern. 2: 95 (1836).

Thallus dark green-brown to grey, thin, ± smooth, areolate-cracked, spreading as dark stains on rock. Perithecia subcompound, immersed in slight, convex elevations in thallus, ostiole dark brown. Hymenial algae globose or cubic. Ascospores 2 per ascus, dark brown, ovate to ellipsoid, 35-50 × 15-25 µm.

N: Sine loco. W. Colenso.

Cosmopolitan

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