Description: This brown, foliose species occurs mostly on twigs and branches of well-lit trees and is characterised by its warty or pimpled surface and frequent discs with a similarly pimpled rim. The layer below the cortex is C-. The underside of the lobes is black. It occurs throughout Ireland but is possibly under-recorded.

Key Identification Features:

• The high frequency of discs and warts surrounding the fruits as well as on the shiny brown surface helps to confirm this species. It is also C-
• It is essentially a species of branches and twigs.

Original text submitted by Simon Davey

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

iNaturalist: Melanohalea exasperata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.