Primary squamules persistent or disappearing, medium, 2-12 mm long, irregularly lobed, lobes subdigitately crenate to incised, concave or involute, ascending, upper surface glaucescent to whitish-glaucescent or olive-green, lower surface white, darkening towards base, esorediate or sparingly granular-sorediate below. Podetia growing from upper surface of primary squamules, 5-40 mm tall, cylindrical, tapering to ± recurved tips, without cups and subulate, or with very small cups at tips. Cortex continuous or areolate near base and below apothecia, elsewhere decorticate and farinose-sorediate, white or whitish-glaucescent or whitish-ashy or olive, dying parts black, with or without podetial squamules. Apothecia brown, at tips of podetia or on margins of cups. Chemistry: Cortex K- or faint brownish, KC-, Pd+ red. Fumarprotocetraric acid, ± atranorin.