Verrucaria paradolomitica Servit , Stud. Bot. Cech . 9: 99, 1948

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 paradolomitica Servit, Stud. Bot. Cech. 9: 99, 1948

Type.

[Austria,] Dolomit … Grosser Rettenstein bei Kizbühel im Tirol, 1869, Arnold (PRM-858456!, isotype).

Description.

Prothallus not seen. Thallus pale brown, epilithic, thin, continuous. Perithecia 0.15-0.23 mm, (3/4-)1-immersed, leaving deep pits in the rock. Involucrellum absent or apical, ca. 70-90 mm thick. Exciple ca. 0.22-0.25 mm in diam., wall blackish-brown, the apex is strongly thickened when the involucrellum is absent. Ascospores 0-septate, 27-37 × 12-15 mm.

Notes.

The species may fall within the variation of V. foveolata , although it has an epilithic pale brown thallus.