marshy's Identifications

Common on ramarama (Lophopmyrtus bullata).

As determined from specimen. Thallus papillate; apothecia with 4-10(-12) ostioles per verruca; asci 2-spored, ascospores broadly ellipsoid 220(-260) × 46(-18) μm, walls thick (c.16 μm) with zonation of inner wall conspicuous.

Corticolous (and muscicolous) on ramarama (Lophomyrtus bullata). Thallus diffuse, granular-edffuse, powdery, greyish, olivaceous, in places pale rusty brown, ochraceous; apothecia sessile, solitary or paired, confluent, 0.5-1.4 mm diameter, disc pale brown to dark brown, often centrally blemished dark chestnut brown, immarginate; hypothecium pale yellow-brown, c.340 μm thick; asci 4-8 spored, ascospores 20-septate, 155 × 2.5 μm, filiform, sinous. UV+ pale rust-red.

Voucher: P.J. de Lange UNITEC 13058

Determination by D.J. Blanchon, confirmed by A.J. Marshall and P.J. de Lange

Close match for type - see: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/bapalmuia-buchanani-stirt-kalb-l-%C3%A5%C2%A4cking/QAEiNcTva34ybQ?fbclid=IwAR0LMKQVyoGFg2g6lekKCcR7iidmveMSJRi8Se6QWpgVA64TCXOZxz3B-28

Common on pine cones and bark of Pinus radiata and also in Ligustrum lucidum branches. Thallus olivaceous - greyish-green when fresh, areolate, minutely rugulose, margin with obvious black prothallus; apothecia sessile, brown-black, epithecium granular, blue-black, with obvious yellow-brown hypothecium; ascospores 10-18-septate, spirally curved, 65-89 x 2-4 microns.

Determination: A.J. Marshall 22 November 2021.

Voucher: P.J. de Lange 15150 & A.J. Marshall, UNITEC 13004

Corticolous on rawiritoa (Kunzea amathicola). Common. Thallus loosely adnate to phorophyte. Rhizines very occasionally bifid. Soralia capitate - sparse. Spot chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow, UV-, medulla K-, C-, KC-, Pd+ orange(-red), UV-

Images show thallus, soralia, Pd medulla and KOH cortex tests.

Noted for Farewell Spit - Wharariki Bioblitz 2019.

Voucher: P.J. de Lange 14909 & T.J.P. de Lange, UNITEC.

Saxicolous on weathered basalt subjected to salt spray and frequent wave wash. Associated with Caloplaca spp., and Buellia cranwelliae.

Identified by Dr J.A. Elix (CANB).

ISOTYPE: P.J. de Lange 13389, T.J.P. de Lange & K.A. Raharaha, UNITEC 9233, (HOLOTYPE: CANB)