Description: This lichenised species grows on mosses and liverworts on basic-barked trees. Each spherical disc (perithecium) is slightly immersed and surrounded by a thalline cuff consisting of soredia. The five- to seven-septate spores span 25-45&

371;m in length.

Key Identification Features:

• Not associated with Normandina squamules
• On basic bark, the thallus develops on bryophytes producing a sorediate cuff around the large, black perithecia.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Normandina acroglypta at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.