Corticolous on manawa (Avicennia marina subsp. resinifera). Associated with Lecanora c.f. carpinea, Bacidia sp., Opegrapha agelaeoides and Ramalina celastri.
Specimens fit here best using the New Zealand Lichen "Flora" (Galloway 2007) Caloplaca key. Apothecia orange, closely grouped, minute, up to 0.3 mm diameter; asci 8-spored, ascospores oval, 12.5 microns long, 7 microns wide, septum c. 4 microns thick (about one third spore length).
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