Curled Snow Lichen

Appearance

Thallus: fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like [th] upper surface: yellow(ish) green | green(ish) white | yellow(ish) white (ivory, off-white, cream-coloured) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: rugose, plicate, folded, pustulate, faveolate, wrinkled ascomata: absent

Habitat

Substrate: soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves.