Flora of New Zealand Series

G. monospora (Knight) Müll. Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 81 (1894).

Fissurina monospora Knight, T.N.Z.I. 15: 354 (1882).

Lectotype (fide Hayward, loc. cit., p. 567): New Zealand, Sine loco. Wellington. Charles Knight, BM!

Thallus thick, rugose and fissured, grey-white. Lirellae immersed, irregular, flexuous, 0.5-2 mm long, thalline exciple wide, often raised, occasionally cracking parallel to the margin, disc plane, reddish-brown, exciple open, base open. Ascospores 1 per ascus, densely muriform, 35-60 × 75-95 µm.

N: Sine loco (?Wellington). S: Southland (Greenhills near Bluff). On the bark of forest trees.

Endemic