in Printzen, Holien & Etayo, Lichenologist 30, 3: 214 (1998).
Protologue type data: Typus: Portugal, Madeira, Rabaçal, on twigs at the base of Erica scoparia around the parking lot at the forest hut, 32°45'30"N, 17°8'W, 1070 m, 11 iii 1997, Ch. Printzen (M-holotypus; E, UPS, hb Etayo, hb. Lumbsch, hb. Printzen-isotypi).
Type locality: Portugal, Madeira Islands, Madeira, Rabaçal, on twigs at the base of Erica scoparia around the parking lot at the forest hut, 1070 m, 11 March 1997, C. Printzen (M - holotype; E, UPS, Etayo, Lumbsch, Printzen - isotypes).
Type locality coordinates: 32°45'30"N, 17°8'W.
ITS barcode: Data lacking.
Description: Lichen. Thallus crustose, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, light green, matt warts; warts normally confluent and forming a + continuous, rimose to areolate crust, ... (Printzen et al. 1998: 214).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: No lichen substances.
Ecology: Data lacking.
Distribution type: Endemic on Madeira.
Taxonomy: Data lacking.
Note: The species has not been recorded after its description in 1998.
Distribution Database: Distributions
Distribution Database: Discover Life
Picture Database: Tropical Lichens
Molecular Database: Genbank
Synonym Database: Index Fungorum
Synonym Database: Mycobank