Thallus fruticose, pale green to green; branches subpendulous, ~1–5 cm long, flattened, solid, a few times or more densely dichotomously to palmately branched, the tips up to 2(–3) mm wide, rarely with spine-like proliferations. Soralia elongate, marginal to subterminal, spreading over the underside, becoming more roundish, more crowded terminally, small soralia may develop laminally; soredia farinose to subgranular, 30–50 μm diam. Ascomata not reported.
Chemistry. Spot tests negative; usnic and evernic acids detected by TLC.
Substrate and ecology. Corticolous on various hardwood trees.