Type locality: Mexico, Baja California Norte, 14 km NW of Rosarito, desert vegetation, on small stones on the ground, 100 m, 16.3.2003, B. Owe-Larsson 8814 (UPS - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 28°43'37"N, 114°06'25"W.

ITS barcode: Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus crustose, areolate, sometimes rimose at the edge, (1-)2-7(-11) cm in diam., (0.1-)0.2-0.6(-1.5) mm thick; areoles: angular, rarely rounded, flat, sometimes concave, rarely convex or irregular, rather often fertile, (0.2-)0.4-1.0(-1.6) mm in diam., contiguous, rarely dispersed; prothallus: usually ... (Owe-Larsson et al. 2007: 70).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Norstictic acid and hyposalazinic acid (chemotype 1, most common); stictic acid ... (Owe-Larsson et al. 2007: 70).

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution type: Data lacking.

Taxonomy: Data lacking.

Note: Wikipedia gives for Rosarite 32°21'49.4"N, 117°3'29.87"W; 32.363723°, -117.058296°.

Distribution Database: Distributions

Distribution Database: Discover Life

Picture Database: Tropical Lichens

Molecular Database: Genbank

Synonym Database: Index Fungorum

Synonym Database: Mycobank