Description: The characteristic ear-shaped lobes of this small, squamulose lichen are diagnostic. The raised margins have scattered clusters of soredia (coarse powder that is a mixture of fungal hyphae and algae). It is a frequent lichen of shaded, mossy trees where it grows intermixed with the reddish-brown leafy liverwort Frullania and foliose lichens. The squamules are minutely zoned,looking not unlike miniature bracket fungi. Common, mosses on trees; much rarer on rock.

Key Identification Features:

• Blue-green ear-like lobes with raised margins and little clusters of soredia
• Among mosses on trees in damp, shady places.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

Distribution Map from NBN: Normandina pulchella at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Normandina pulchella at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.