Saxicolous on coastal andesitic breccia in places subject to salt spray. Associated with Buellia cranwelliae. Thallus granular; occurring in irregular patches; granules 0.2–0.5 mm diameter; golden yellow to orange-white, K+ reddish purple, rounded to irregular, convex or plane, brown-black basal prothallus present. Apothecia scattered and rounded to clustered, 0.1–1.2 mm diameter; disc subconcave to plane; orange-brown; thalline margin continuous thin, same colour as thallus, proper margin thin, raised and orange, paler than disc. Asci clavate or cylindrical-clavate, 45–68 × 12–21 μm, eight-spored. Ascospores biseriate in ascus, ellipsoid,
12.00–26.22 × 5.0–10.0 μm wide; septum 3.0–7.5 μm, one-quarter to one-third the length of the spore. Locally common at this site. Vouchers lodged in UNITEC. See also:

http://naturewatch.org.nz/observations/1405031

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Sparks et al. 2014 (Notes on Caloplaca allanii Zahlbr. (Teloschistaceae) a poorly known West Auckland, North Island, New Zealand endemic, New Zealand Journal of Botany 52: 304-308).