Flora of New Zealand Series

≡Sphaerophorus imshaugii Ohlsson in D.J. Galloway, N. Z. J. Bot. 21: 197 (1983).

Description : Flora (1985: 531 – as Sphaerophorus imshaugii). See also Tibell (1987: 223–224) and Wedin (1995b: 52; 2001a: 7).

Chemistry : Medulla K−, Pd+ red; containing sphaerophorin (major), protocetraric acid (major), ascomatic acid (minor or tr.) and several unidentified compounds (Wedin 1995b; 2001a: 7).

S: Westland (Turiwhate, Franz Josef). St: (Magog, Fraser Peaks). A: In lowland podocarp–hardwood forest, coastal Metrosideros forest and in rimu–kamahi forest. Known also from Tasmania and southern Chile (Wedin 1995b: 54; 2001a: 7; McCarthy 2003c, 2006).

Austral

Illustrations : Tibell (1987: 221, fig. 166D – as Sphaerophorus imshaugii); Wedin (1992: 124, fig. 3; 1995b: 53, fig. 20A–C); Kantvilas & Jarman (1999: 37); Flora of Australia58A (2001: xi, pl. 2)

Bunodophoron imshaugii is a small to medium-sized species with terminal, prominent ascomata usually somewhat constricted at base. It is sparingly branched with flattened, sterile branches at the base of the ±unbranched fertile branches. It is the most widespread species with small brown spores, protocetraric acid and sphaerophorin