Protologue type data: Orig. coll.: Mauritius, Plaine Champagne, 20 km S of Rose Hill, 700 m, on trunks of a small tree in montane scrub, 14. IV. 1979, LA & DN 2660 (GB holotype).

Type locality: Republic of Mauritius, Mauritius, Plaine Champagne, 20 km S of Rose Hill, on trunks of a small tree in montane scrub, 700 m, 14 April 1979, L. Arvidsson & D. Nilsson 2660 (GB - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 20°14'0"S, 57°28'0"E; -20.233333°, 57.466667°.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus foliose, + orbicular, closely adnate, foliose, lobate, to 5 cm diam. Lobes plumbeous-grey, rarely yellowish-grey or bluish-green when dry, changing little when wet, (0.2-) 0.4-0.8 (-1.2) mm wide; linear to narrowly cuneate, repeatedly branched, divided into secondary, tertiary, etc. lobes, adjacent or somewhat discrete; sparsely incised and sparsely lobulate at apices. Apices of lobes + truncate, ... Data lacking.

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Upper cortex K-, C-, KC-, Pd, and UV-. No lichen substances (Arvidsson 1982: 43, by TLC).

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution Type: Tropical Islands. Mauritius, Rauki Island (Indonesia), Yap Island (Caroline Islands), New Hebrides, Fiji, Mindanao (Philippines), Luzon (Philippes), Mahe (Seychelles Islands), Papua New Guinea, but also Costa Rica, Queensland (Australia).

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Distribution Database: Distributions

Distribution Database: Discover Life

Picture Database: Tropical Lichens

Molecular Database: Genbank

Synonym Database: Index Fungorum

Synonym Database: Mycobank