Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata apothecial, solitary or aggregated in groups, subcuticular, erumpent, disc-shaped, bright orange, 0.5–1 mm in diameter; on both sides of symptomless living leaves. Asci cylindrical, 90–110 × 20–22 μm. Ascospores oblong-cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, 0-septate, 24–28 × 7–8 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution: Otago Lakes.; 1st Record: Sydow (1924).

Significance: None.; Host(s): Hebe subalpina.

Hab. in foliis vivis Veronicae subalpinae, Lake Harris Track, Otago, 6.5.1921, leg. W. D. Reid (no. 996).

 

Parasitica, maculis nullis; ascomata amphigena, sive solitaria irregulariter sparsa, sive pluribus in soros collecta et tunc saepe subcircinatim disposita, singula 0.5 -1 mm diam., subinde confluentia tuncque ca. 2 mm diam., disciformia, parum convexula, immarginata, sub cuticula orta et ab ea primitus tecta, tandem cuticulam disrumpentia et hinc inde ab reliquiis cuticulae tecta, lata basi sessilia, uda tremellosa, amoene aurantiaca, excipulo nullo vel fere nullo; hypothecium hyalinum, ca. 100 µ crassum, gelatinoso-plectenchymaticum; asci cylindracei vel cylindraceo-clavati, ad apicem rotundati, sessiles, 90-110 x 20-22 µ, octospori; sporae distichae, oblongo-cylindraceae vel subfusoideae, utrinque lenissime attenuatae, sed apicibus obtusis, continuae, hyalinae, rectae vel raro lenissime curvatae, tunica gelatinosa 2-3 µ crassa hyalina obductae, 24-28 µ longae, 7-8 µ latae (sine tegumento); paraphyses copiosissimae, filiformes, ca. 1 - 1.5 µ crassae, ad apicem saepe crassiores et gelatinosae.