Flora of New Zealand Series

P. trachyspora (Knight) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 93 (1894).

Verrucaria trachyspora Knight, T.N.Z.I. 15: 355 (1883).

Type: New Zealand. ?Wellington, Sine loco. Charles Knight, WELT - not seen.

Thallus brownish, thin, continuous, saxicolous. Perithecia minute semi-immersed, hemispherical, dimidiate, black, ostiole punctiform, minute, prominent when wet. Ascospores colourless, cylindrical, oval, muriform 18 × 10 µm.

N: Wellington. Known only from the type collection.

Endemic