Pyrenula subumbilicata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pyrenulaceae. Previously thought to be endemic to Australia, it was found in New Zealand in 2014.
Description
Pyrenula subumbilicata has a yellow to olive green thallus without a pseudocyphellae, and black ascomata often found in groups on two to six, with fused ostioles. It has irregularly submuriform ascospores with simple end locules. == Taxonomy ==
Taxonomy
The lichen was formally described as a new species by New Zealand doctor Charles Knight in 1886, who used the name Trypethelium subumbilicatum. == Distribution and habitat ==
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in lowland rainforests in Queensland,Australia, and was first recognised in New Zealand in 2014. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Pyrenula subumbilicata 276031845.jpg File:Pyrenula subumbilicata 276397633.jpg File:Pyrenula subumbilicata (C.Knight) Aptroot (L006957).jpg|Type specimen collected from Toowoomba, Australia ==See also==