Lecidea schistiseda Zahlbr.
Type: New Zealand. Otago, Mt Maungatua, summit rocks. J.S. Thomson (T 1356) ZA 269, CHR 347058!
Thallus dingy whitish, creamish or buff, in irregular patches or bands 2-4 cm diam., ± verrucose or areolate or cracked, lacking in parts, often only developed near fruits, areolae rounded, subangular to somewhat deformed, 0.2-0.8 mm diam., or less, plane or subconvex. Apothecia prominent, black, 1-6-confluent, opaque, matt, slightly wrinkled-roughened, rounded, 0.2-2.0 mm diam., at first subconcave with a thin, entire, flexuose margin, concolorous with disc, at length convex, immarginate. Epithecium dense, green-black, 20-30 µm thick. Hymenium colourless or pale straw-coloured, 40-55(-80) µm tall. Hypothecium colourless or pale brown-yellow, 130-150 µm thick. Ascospores subcylindrical-oblong, 8.3-13.6 × 3.4-5.2 µm.
S: Known only from the type collection.
Endemic
