in Sheard, Lendemer, Spribille, Thor & Tønsberg, Herzogia 25, 2: 126 (2012).
Synonyms: Index Fungorum
Protolog: Type: U.S.A. North Carolina. Swain Co.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hyatt Ridge Trail between Beech Gap Trail and Enloe Creek Trail, upland ridge forest with Picea rubens, Quercus rubra, and Acer saccharum grading into Quercus alba, Q. montana, Castanea dentata with Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum, and Vaccinium understory, on fallen branch, 6 Aug. 2009, J. C. Lendemer 19269 & E. A. Tripp (NY, holotype).
Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Swain County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hyatt Ridge Trail between Beech Gap Trail and Enloe Creek Trail, upland ridge forest with Picea rubens, Quercus rubra, and Acer saccharum grading into Quercus alba, Q. montana, Castanea dentata with Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum, and Vaccinium understory, on fallen branch, 6 Aug. 2009, J. C. Lendemer 19269 & E. A. Tripp (NY - holotype).
Diagnosis. Thallus thin, areolate; areoles becoming verrucose, verrucae developing raised soralia; apothecia erumpent, ascospores Teichophila-type, (19.5-)22.0-25.0(-28.0)x(10.5-)11.5-13.0(-15.0) µm; pannarin present, zeorin usually present.