Type locality: Portugal, Madeira Islands, Porto Santo, Pico do Facho, on acidic rock, 500 m, 30 April 1987, H. Krog & E. Timdal 5033 (O - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 33°05'N, 16°19'W.

ITS barcode: Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus fruticose, ascending, up to 6 cm high, tufted from a holdfast 2 - 4 mm diam., sparingly to moderately branched, branching mainly dichotomous but in part irregular. Laciniae solid, 0.2 - 3 (- 4) mm wide, subterete to complanate, tapering gradually to blunt apices, linear pseudocyphellae often present near base. Soralia lateral, delimited, oval, with longest axis 0.5 — 1 mm, producing coarse, c. 200 µm diam. granules and frequently also short branchlets with hook-shaped apices. Cortex 40 - 50 µm thick. Chondroid tissue welldeveloped, dominating the cross-section of the branch. Medullary tissue and algal cells found between the chondroid strands throughout. Apothecia unknown (Krog 1990: 242).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Divaricatic acid, triterpenoids, usnic acid (trace) (Krog 1990: 242)

Ecology: Saxicolous, on acidic rock.

Distribution type: The species is endemic on the island Porto Santo near Madeira.

Distribution Database: Distributions

Distribution Database: Discover Life

Picture Database: Tropical Lichens

Molecular Database: Genbank

Synonym Database: Index Fungorum

Synonym Database: Mycobank