Description: This diminutive lichen of moist, shady undergrowth such as that dominated by stands of gorse or conifer plantation is best recognised by the tiny, scanty, sparkly-green, globose granules (goniocysts) which remain discretely non-aggregated and fresh, and the tiny, whitish discs. Up until quite recently it was believed to be a shade form of Micarea prasina (described elsewhere).

Key Identification Features:

• The sparkly-green, granular thallus of tiny goniocysts spotted with white discs
• On acid-barked twigs and branches of damp, deeply shaded scrubby vegetation and on the trunks of conifers in plantation stands.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Micarea micrococca at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.