Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Lecidea albidoplumbea Hook.f. & Taylor, Lond. J. Bot. 3: 638 (1844).

≡Patellaria albidoplumbea (Hook.f. & Taylor) Müll.Arg., Flora 71: 737 (1888).

≡Bacidia albidoplumbea (Hook.f. & Taylor) Hellb., Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 99 (1896).

=Lecidea otagensis Nyl., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 9: 255 (1866).

≡Patellaria otagensis (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 69 (1894).

≡Bacidia otagensis (Nyl.) Hellb., Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Lecidea nubilior Stirt., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 14: 469 (1875).

≡Patellaria nubilior (Stirt.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

≡Bacidia nubilior (Stirt.) Hellb., Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 101 (1896).

=Bacidia subscripta C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 370 (1880).

=Bacidia cerasentera C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 371 (1880).

≡Lecidea cerasentera (C.Knight) Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 101 (1888).

≡Patellaria cerasentera (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

=Bacidia melasema C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 371 (1880).

≡Lecidea melasema (C.Knight) Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 101 (1888).

≡Patellaria melasema (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 69 (1894).

=Lecidea mutata Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 100 (1880).

=Bacidia cargillensis Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 318 (1941).

=Bacidia podocarpi Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 318 (1941).

Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Bay of Islands], ? J.D. Hooker – BM [fide Galloway (1985a: 27)].

Lecidea otagensis. Lectotype: New Zealand. Otago, Martin's Bush, Chain Hills, on stockyard palings of "Goai" timber, x.1861, W.L. Lindsay – E [fide Galloway (1985a: 27)].

Lecidea nubilior. Lectotype: New Zealand. Wellington, Kaka Hill, J. Buchanan 176 – WELT [fide Galloway (1985a: 27)].

Bacidia subscripta. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 9.v.1879, C. Knight – WELT [Herb. Knight Vol. 45A, P. 6 – fide Galloway (1985a: 28)].

Bacidia cerasentera. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 3.x.1874, C. Knight – WELT [Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, P. 15 – fide Galloway (1985a: 28)].

Bacidia melasema. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], C. Knight – WELT [Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, P. 7].

Lecidea mutata. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], C. Knight – BM [fide Galloway (1985a: 28)].

Bacidia cargillensis. Lectotype: New Zealand. Otago, Mt Cargill, on Nothopanax simplex, J.S. Thomson T2166 [V 79] – CHR 373612 [fide Galloway (1985a: 28)].

Bacidia podocarpi. Lectotype selected here: New Zealand. Southland, Bluff Hill, on Podocarpus ferrugineus, J.S. ThomsonT844 [No. 158] – OTA 029465.

Description : Flora (1985: 27 – as Bacidia albidoplumbea).

Chemistry : Atranorin occasional (tr.).

N: Northland (Kawerua, Bay of Islands, Little Barrier I., Great Barrier I.), South Auckland (Mt Moehau) to Wellington. S: Nelson (Westhaven Inlet), Otago (Flagstaff, Leith Saddle, Mt Cargill, Saddle Hill, Tautuku), Southland (Bluff Hill, Te Wae Wae Bay): St: (Butterfields Beach, Mill Stream). Throughout, mainly coastal and lowland on bark of trees and shrubs in forest and subalpine scrub, especially Dacrydium, Hoheria, Sophora, in shaded habitats. Also in Tasmania, Victoria and New Caledonia (Kantvilas 1993, 2004f; Kantvilas & Vězda 1996; McCarthy 2003c, 2006).

Australasian

Illustrations : Knight (1880: pl. XII, fig. 12 – as Bacidia subscripta; fig. 18 – as B. cerasentera; fig. 19, – as B. melasema); Vězda & James (1973: 307, fig. 1; 308, fig. 2); Kantvilas (1993: 44, fig. 1 – as B. albidoplumbea); Farkas (1995: 100, fig. 1); Kantvilas & Vězda (1996: 327, fig. 1C); Malcolm & Galloway (1997: 131).

Sarrameana albidoplumbea is distinguished from Loxospora septata (q.v.) by the absence of K+ purplish red pigments in the apothecia, and thamnolic acid in the medulla. Superficially similar species of Bacidia are distinguished from S. albidoplumbea by the ±straight arrangement of ascospores in the ascus, and the numerous septa that are clearly evident even when mounted in water.