Pertusaria sporellula
Family
Pertusariaceae
Flora category
Lichen – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Current conservation status
2018 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: OL
Brief description
Characterised by the corticolous habit; disc-like apothecia; 8-spored asci; very small, spherical ascospores; and a negative chemistry.
Distribution
North Island: Northland. Very poorly known in New Zealand.
Habitat
A species only known from a handfull of collection, some include on *Pinus radiata bark with Lecanora flavopallida.
Detailed description
Thallus off-white to pale greyish white, thin, surface smooth and somewhat shining, without isidia or soredia. Apothecia disc-like, numerous, scattered or sometimes contiguous, margins thick, initially inrolled and obscuring disc, concolorous with thallus; disc black, partly white-pruinose, at first concave becoming plane with age, 0.2–0.4 mm diam. Ascospores 8 per ascus, uniseriate, spherical, 15–20 μm diam., wall thin, c. 1 μm thick.
Chemistry: TLC−, all reactions negative.
Substrate
Corticolous
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared by Marley Ford (13 February 2021). Brief description, Distribution, Habitat, and Features sections copied from Galloway (2007).
References and further reading
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.