Thallus fruticose, erect or partly decumbent, branches short, stiff, to 5 cm tall, pale greenish-yellow or pale yellow or yellowish-white blackened at base, crowded and convergent at base. Branches uniform, mostly simple, straight or rarely curved, 1-1.5 mm thick, thinner at apices, cortex glossy, waxy, annulate- cracked or fissured in parts, occasionally slightly faveolate, with small, round to irregular, punctate to spreading pseudocyphellae which become granular- sorediate. Soredia granular in convex masses, yellowish or blackened. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Three distinct chemodemes are found in this species; (i): Psoromic, conpsoromic, ± squamatic and usnic acids. (ii): Squamatic and usnic acids (type has this chemistry). (iii): Barbatic 4-O-demethylbarbatic, squamatic (UV+ white) and usnic acids (type of has this chemistry).