Verrucaria transfugiens Zschacke, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl. 9, 1(1): 85, 1933

Pykaelae, Juha, Kantelinen, Annina & Myllys, Leena, 2020, Taxonomy of Verrucaria species characterised by large spores, perithecia leaving pits in the rock and a pale thin thallus in Finland, MycoKeys 72, pp. 43-92 : 43

Verrucaria transfugiens Zschacke, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl. 9, 1(1): 85, 1933

Type.

Deutschland. Thüringen, Jonastal bei Arnstadt, alt. 350-400 m, co-ord. 10°55'E, 50°49'N. An Muschelkalkplättchen, 7.7.1907, G. Lettau (B-600025730!); Deutschland.Sachsen-Anhalt: Vorland des Nord-Ost-Harzes, Steinbruch am Hackel. co-ord. 11°19'E, 51°53'N, 1910, H. Zschacke 4664 (B-600194785!); Deutschland.Sachsen-Anhalt: Harz-Vorland, Ostseite des Hackels. co-ord. 11°19'E, 51°53'N, 1.2.1906, H. Zschacke 4664 (B-600194786!); Deutschland. Thüringen: Dosdorfer Haart, unweit Arnstadt, alt. 450 m, an Muschel Kalk-Felsbänken, accomp. Tichothecium erraticum , Caloplaca lactea 11.9.1907, G. Lettau 614 (B-600194783!); Deutschland. Thüringen: Dosdorfer Haart, unweit Arnstadt, alt. 450 m, an Muschel Kalk-Felsbänken, 1907?, G. Lettau (B-600194781!). Syntypes.

For the description of the species, see Pykälä (2016). V. transfugiens has been reported from Finland by Pykälä and Breuss (2008), but the specimens belong to V. subtilis ( Stenroos et al. 2016).