Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series B 16 (1): 4 - 6 (1990).
Description: Lichen. Thallus fruticose, pendulous or subpendulous, dichotomously or irregularly branched. Branches solid, flattened, rarely weakly contorted, 1 5 - 10 mm wide, 5 20 - 50 cm long. Soredia or isidia absent. Pseudocyphellae laminal, linear, continuous. Thallus 100 450 (- 800) µm thick; cortex indistinct; chondroid tissue, discontinuous, dissected by pseudocyphellae, not-cracked. Apothecia common, marginal or laminal, 1 4 mm in diameter; disc flat to more or less concave; margine entire; thalloid exciple often with pseudocyphellae; hymenium 45 55 µm high; hypothecium 15 20 µm thick; proper exciple 30 40 µm thick; ascospores 2-celled, long fusiform, 12 14 x 3.5 4 µm.
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry:
Race I: Usnic acid, sekikaic acid, 4'-0-demethyl sekikaic acid.
Race II. Usnic acid, norstictic acid.
Ecology: Corticolous.
Distribution type: Endemic species of Chile, restricted in the coastal areas of middle Chile, such as Provinces Aconcagua, Coquimbo, and Valparaíso.
Taxonomy: Data lacking.
Note:
Distribution Database: Distributions
Distribution Database: Discover Life
Picture Database: Tropical Lichens
Molecular Database: Genbank
Synonym Database: Index Fungorum
Synonym Database: Mycobank