The bluish- to greenish-grey, powdery lichen grows on bark and sometimes on soil, wood, siliceous rock and mosses, usually in shady and humid habitats.

The holotype was collected by Tønsberg on 28 September 1991 in Hamresanden, Kristiansand, located in Vest-Agder, Norway.

The specimen, designated Tønsberg 17404, is deposited at the herbarium of the University Museum of Bergen (BG).

[2] The margin is diffuse (lacking clear boundaries), and lobes are predominantly absent.

The soredia are abundant and mostly fine, measuring 20–45 micrometres (μm) in diameter, lacking projecting hyphae, and are well separated from one another.