Lecidea conisalea C.Knight
L. diacrita Nyl., Lich. N.Z.: 80 (1888).
Type: New Zealand. Sine loco (prob. Wellington). Charles Knight, rec'd 11/83, BM!
L. diacrita. Holotype: Nova Zelandia. Charles Knight 311, 1867, H-NYL 20454!
Thallus pale whitish-green or pale glaucous, minutely wrinkled-granular to ± fibrillose-pulverulent but not sorediate, encrusting rough bark and mosses, very variable in texture, 2-4 cm diam. Apothecia pale orange or yellow-brown, 0.1-1.2 mm diam., subglobose, frequent, scattered, solitary, rarely 2-3 confluent, rounded to subirregular, disc concave at first then plane, subglobose, convex at maturity, matt, margins thin, pale whitish at first, entire, flexuose in young fruits, excluded with age. Hymenium pale yellow-brown or straw-coloured, 40-60 µm tall. Paraphyses conglutinate, apices capitate, to 5 µm thick. Asci clavate. Ascospores uniseriate or biseriate, oval, contents granular, 11-17 × 6-8 µm.
N: S: St: Throughout on rough barked trees and shrubs in moderate shade in undisturbed habitats, overgrowing mosses and other bark epiphytes.
Endemic
