[1] Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by the lichenologists Marcelo Marcelli, Luciana da Silva Canêz, and John Elix.

The type specimen was collected from a Brazilian pine forest in Fazenda da Estrela (Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul) at an elevation of 905 m (2,969 ft), where it was found growing on tree bark.

[2] This lichen has a greyish appearance and is sublaciniate, meaning it has irregularly branched lobes that are adnate (attached) and contiguous (touching), with truncate apices and a smooth to crenate margin.

The upper surface is smooth and may have weak or absent maculae, which are reticulate (net-like), more evident in the young parts and may form small cracks.

The isidia are the same colour as the thallus, cylindrical, and erect, ranging from simple to mostly coralloid, brown, and measuring 0.10–0.45 mm wide.