Abstract
AbstractA newArthotheliumspecies,A. hymeniicolain the apothecia of an unidentifiedBacidiasp., is described from Campbell Island, New Zealand. The new species is remarkable, not only by being the first lichenicolousArthotheliumspecies, but also by being an endohymenial fungus not forming ascomatal structures. Previously, noArthoniaceaespecies were reported as parasitic fromBacidiaspp. However, both generic and family placements are tentative and the possibility of a placement in theCookellaceaeis also discussed. Differences betweenArthoniaceaeandCookellaceae, and the generic delimitations within them, are generally based on the structures of the fruiting bodies, rendering the taxonomic placement of the new species challenging without molecular data; neither fruiting bodies nor molecular data are available for the new species and theCookellaceae.
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