in Moberg, Thunbergia 2: 1 (1986).

Protolog: Anziae americanae Yoshimura & Sharp similis sed thallus soraliis laminalibus primo punctiformibus postremo vesiculariformibus instructus.

Protolog type data: Tanzania. Arusha Prov., Mt Meru, E slope, c. 2 km N of Kitoto Camp. 3°13'S 36°47'E. Alt. c. 2450 m. On Stoebe kilimandscharica in a high and rather dense ericaceous bush land (montane forest belt). 7.1.1971 det. R. Santesson (n. 22949) (holotype in UPS).

Type locality: Tanzania, Arusha Province, Mount Meru, E slope, c. 2 km N of Kitoto Camp, on Stoebe kilimandscharica in a high and rather dense ericaceous bush land (montane forest belt), c. 2450 m, 7.1.1971, R. Santesson 22949 (UPS - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 3°13'S 36°47'E.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: foliose, loosely adnate, up to 6 cm broad, dichotomously branched, pale grey. Lobes narrow, linear, 0.5 - 1.5 mm broad. Soralia starting as small white points on the upper side of distal lobes, penetrating the cortex and finally forming urn-shaped structures with a sorediate inner surface. Lower side of the lobes with a brownish black to black, thick spongy cushion up to 1 mm. The spongy tissue formed by a loose reticulum of brown, 10-12 µm thick hyphae. A central chondroidal nerve immersed in the medulla. Apothecia unknown (Santesson in Moberg 1986: 1).

Photobiont: Trebouxioid green alga.

Chemistry: Atranorin and divaricatic acid (Santesson in Moberg 1986: 1).

Ecology: Corticolous, in the montane forest belt, in a high and rather dense ericaceous bush land (Swinscow ?).

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Argentina, Chile, Ethopia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania. Database

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