Flora of New Zealand Series

C. chordalis f. soredians Nyl., Lich. N.Z.: 18 (1888).

C. coniocraea auct. 

C. chordalis f. soredians. Holotype: New Zealand. Westland, Greymouth. Richard Helms, 157, H-NYL - not seen.

Primary squamules persistent or disappearing, medium, 2-12 mm long, irregularly lobed, lobes subdigitately crenate to incised, concave or involute, ascending, upper surface glaucescent to whitish-glaucescent or olive-green, lower surface white, darkening towards base, esorediate or sparingly granular-sorediate below. Podetia growing from upper surface of primary squamules, 5-40 mm tall, cylindrical, tapering to ± recurved tips, without cups and subulate, or with very small cups at tips. Cortex continuous or areolate near base and below apothecia, elsewhere decorticate and farinose-sorediate, white or whitish-glaucescent or whitish-ashy or olive, dying parts black, with or without podetial squamules. Apothecia brown, at tips of podetia or on margins of cups. Chemistry: Cortex K- or faint brownish, KC-, Pd+ red. Fumarprotocetraric acid, ± atranorin.

N: S: St: Throughout, from s.l. to 1200 m. A very common and widespread species on rotting logs in beech, and in podocarp forest (often ascending trunks of old and decaying trees), in grassland, on fenceposts, roadside banks.

Cosmopolitan

Most previous accounts of New Zealand lichens refer to this species as C. coniocraea (Flörke) Sprengel, a superfluous name, as shown by Ahti [ Lichenologist 12: 130-131 (1980)]. Until difficulties in typification are resolved, the name C. ochrochlora is applied to this species.