Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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Bryoria indonesica (P.M.Jørg.) Brodo & D.Hawksw.

B. indonesica (P.M. Jørg.) Brodo et D. Hawksw., Opera Bot. 42: 155 (1977).

Alectoria indonesica P.M. Jørg., Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 66: 194 (1972).

Thallus ± erect, caespitose, c. 3-5 cm long, branching mostly anisotomic-dichotomous with ± arcuate side branches and branchlets mostly at slightly acute angles to stem, branches terete, 0.2-0.3 mm diam., basal parts black, apices olivaceous-grey, shining. Lateral spinules very rare or absent. Soralia and isidia absent. Pseudocyphellae sparse, white, fusiform to elongate-fissural, 0.2-0.5 mm long. Apothecia not known in New Zealand material and generally rare. Chemistry: cortex and medulla K-, C-, KC-, Pd-. No substances detected by TLC.

N: Gisborne (Lake Waikaremoana, Lake Waikareiti, Urewera National Park). Very rare and local, only known from two collections, on mossy trunks of Nothofagus spp., 800-900 m.

Western Pacific

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