Dendriscocaulon dendriothamnodes Dughi ex D.J.Galloway
Lectotype: Australia. New South Wales. Belmore Falls. Edwin Cheel, 1 September 1907, BM!
Thallus 1-3 cm tall, erect or spreading or pendulous-decumbent, entangled. Branches terete to ± flattened, sometimes with weakly developed cyphellae below, thick at base, finer ± coralloid to phyllidiate at apices. Surface pale buff-greyish below, leaden grey to livid brownish or red-brown or blackened above, smooth, matt or shining or pubescent, ± woolly buff-tomentose at base and on thicker primary stems.
N: Northland to Wellington. S: Nelson (Lake Rotoiti) to Fiordland. St: A: On tree trunks and on twigs, often among bryophtes in moderate to deep shade in moist, humid habitats.
Australasian