Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl.
Verrucaria pulchella Borrer in Hook. et Sowerby, Suppl. Eng. Bot. 1: tab. 2602 (1831).
Thallus of small, cochleate squamules, scattered or forming colonies, corticolous, saxicolous, foliicolous or lichenicolous. Squamules 1-2 mm diam., upper surface glaucous, pale greenish or greenish-grey, concentrically ridged, margins entire, slightly raised and inrolled, soredia present on surface and at margins, greenish, farinose. Lower surface ecorticate, tomentose, pale.
N: Northland (including Three Kings Is) to Wellington. S: Nelson to Southland. St: A: Widely distributed, although because of its small size often overlooked. Common in humid, shaded habitats on decaying vegetation, tree bark, rarely on rock and quite often on other lichens especially Pannaria, Parmelia, Parmotrema, Pseudocyphellaria and Sticta.
Cosmopolitan
