Protologue type data: Type. Florida. Seminole County: Sanford, on oak, May 1911, Rapp (NY, holotype).

Type locality: USA, Florida, Seminole County, Sanford, on oak, May 1911, Rapp (NY - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 28°48'1"N, 81°16'24"W; 28.800278°, -81.273333°.

ITS barcode: Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus crustose, gray green, dull, smooth, continuous, UV+ orange (xanthones). Apothecia sessile, orbicular, flattened, tightly adnate, 0.2-0.7 mm diam.; byssoid margin moderately to slightly developed, usually not spreading, whitish, KOH-; disk pale whitish yellow to dirty yellowish, often mottled with darker yellow brown, sometimes entirely darkening to dirty brown. Epithecium + colorless in section. Hymenium nearly colorless or yellowish. Hypothecium nearly colorless or yellowish, rarely light brownish. Ascospores 4-celled, 10-15 x 2.5-4 µm. Microconidia lageniform, 3-4 x 1.5 µm (Harris 1995: 29).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Xanthones (Harris 1995: 29).

Ecology: Corticolous. Thus far B. pubescens is always on bark, ranging from tiny twigs to large tree trunks, mainly in mesic or swamp forest habitats (Harris 1995: 29).

Distribution type: USA: Coastal Plain, Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Distribution Database: Distributions

Distribution Database: Discover Life

Picture Database: Tropical Lichens

Molecular Database: Genbank

Synonym Database: Index Fungorum

Synonym Database: Mycobank