Porina chrysophora (Stirt.) R.Sant.
Verrucaria chrysophora Stirton, Proc. Phil. Soc. Glasg. 10: 303 (1877).
Holotype (fide Santesson loc. cit.): New Zealand. Near Wellington. On leaves of Hymenophyllum dilatatum. J. Buchanan, 1874, GLAM. Additional material in BM and WELT.
Thallus very irregular in outline, to 15 mm diam., dispersed, with irregular algiferous patches, smooth, yellow-grey to yellow-green, matt, prothallus absent. Perithecia black, ± lens-shaped, smooth, matt, base indistinctly spreading, 0.2-0.35 mm diam. Paraphyses simple, c. 1 µm thick. Asci clavate, 35-45 × 5-10 µm. Ascospores 8 per ascus, 3-septate, fusiform 18-23 × 3.5-4.5 µm. Pycnidia numerous, 0.08-0.1 mm diam., convex, black, to dark brown. Conidia simple, oblong 2-3 × 1 µm.
N: Known only from the type collection.
Endemic
