Phytologia 28: 334 (1974).

Basionym: Parmelia araucariarum Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. 83: 179 (1909).

Thallus: foliose, membranaceous, loosely attached, green-grey. Lobes 0.5-1.5 cm wide, ciliate, cilia 1-2 (3)mm long.Upper side emaculate, more or less irregularly cracked in older parts. Medulla distinctly pigmented salmon pink, yellow, or ochraceous, pigment K-. Under side black, with a brown, naked marginal zone, rhizines sparse. Soralia Marginal, linear. Mature apothlecia not seen, but the holotype specimen has one Immature, imperforate apothecium with a sorediate thalline margin. Pycnoconidia sublageniform, 6-8 µm long.

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Protolichesterinic acid, atranorin ( ).

Ecology: Corticolous in lower montane forest, at 2000 to 2100 m.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: Kenya (two localities), South America. Database