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
Locally common tiny lichen on mahoe, 7- 11 septate ascospores, 52.5 microns long.
Infected with myrtle rust disease
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. Corticolous on the trunk of a tall mahoe tree, by a small stream.
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.
Lemington Reserve, Western Springs/Westmere, Auckland 1022.
City Nature Challenge, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2019
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Climbing up the stay wire of the power pole.
Occasional in coastal forest. White underside and black apothecia.
Pond at Waitakere Filter Station, Henderson Valley, Auckland.
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)
Seen on tantalized timber along path. Spores 3- 4 septate, 15 x 2.
From herbarium specimen, collected in open ground at northern end of island.
Voucher: A.J. Marshall & P.J. de Lange 15018, UNITEC 12725.