Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Lecidea leucocarpa (C.Knight) Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 99 (1888).

≡Patellaria leucocarpa (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

=Lecidea perluta Stirt., Proc. phil. Soc. Glasgow10: 300 (1877) [non Nyl., Flora59: 575 (1876)].

=Bacidia chrysocarpa C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 374 (1880).

=Lecidea albidolutea Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 99 (1888).

≡Patellaria albidolutea (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia albidolutea (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Lecidea pseudophana Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 99 (1888).

≡Patellaria pseudophana (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 66 (1894).

≡Bacidia pseudophana (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Lecidea gilvorufella Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 100 (1888).

Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 30.iii.79, Charles Knight – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 46A, p. 2 [fide Galloway (1985a: 32)]. Isolectotype – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 46A, p. 1.

Lecidea perluta. Lectotype: New Zealand. Near Wellington, ix.1876, J. Buchanan – BM [fide Galloway (1985a: 32)].

Bacidia chrysocarpa. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 24.iii.77, Charles Knight – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 45, p. 18 [fide Galloway (1985a: 32)]. Isolectotype – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 45A, p. 19.

Lecidea albidolutea. Type: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 1882, Charles Knight sub. "Bacidia cerinocarpa Kn. = B. chrysocarpa Kn."– H-NYL 17986.

Lecidea pseudophana. Type: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – H-NYL (not seen).

Lecidea gilvorufella. Types: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – H-NYL 17993; 1882, Knight, sub "Lecidea (Bacidia) pseudopyrra Kn." – H-NYL 17994.

Description : Flora (1985: 31).

N: Wellington. Known only from the type collections but probably widely distributed in damp, shaded, undisturbed habitats. On bark, associating with Coenogonium luteum and species of Leptogium and Sticta. Also in Tasmania (Kantvilas 1989, 1994b; McCarthy 2003c, 2006).

Australasian

Illustrations : Knight (1880: pl. XIII, fig. 27; fig. 29 – as Bacidia chrysocarpa); Lumbsch et al. (2001: 20).

Bacidia leucocarpa is characterised by: the corticolous habit; pale greenish, whitish grey to olivaceous, minutely verrucose-papillate or granular thallus; pale yellowish fawn to brown-pink, sessile to subinnate apothecia; and 3–10-septate, spirally curved ascospores, (35–)40–55(–70) × 1.5–2.5 μm.