Type locality coordinates: 33°53'13"N, 35°30'48"E; 33.886944°, 35.513333°.

ITS barcode: Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus crustose, squamules irregularly orbicular, becoming deeply concave, with margins downcurved; attached to substrate by numerous thick hyphae. Upper side conspicuously areolate, white to pale grey; with thick necral layer over deeply incised surface, under side greenish grey. Medulla with algal zone three-quarters to full depth, alga-free zone, if distinct, of paraplectenchymatous cells. Apothecia one to several per squamule, with red disc; spores 14-20 x 8-11 µm (Nylander 1863 fide Swinscow 1982: 79).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: No lichen substances.

Ecology: On bare earth in exposed places (Swinscow 1982: 80).

Distribution Type: Mediterranean. Southern Europe and North Africa (Swinscow 1982: 80).

Taxonomy: Data lacking.

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