The primary
thallus is composed of medium-sized, crenate
squamules, approximately 1.5-7mm. long, and 1-5mm. wide. The upper surface is
fawn or
tan to cinnamon-colored varying toward greenish grey. The
apothecia are small, ranging from .5–3 mm. in diameter, and are located on the margin of the cups or at the ends of branches or proliferations. They are
fawn to cinnamon-colored. The
paraphyses are usually simple, sometimes thickened, and are brownish towards the apex. The
hymenium is pale or pale-brownish below and brownish above. The
asci are
lecanoralean, with a thickened
tholus. There are a usually 8
ascospores, which are oblong or oblong-obtuse to
fusiform in shape, between 5-17 μm. long and 2.5-3.5 μm. wide.
Conidia are
falcate and 3-8 μm. long.[3][4]
^Fink, Bruce (1907). Further Notes on Cladonias. IX. Cladonia squamosa and Cladonia subsquamosa. The Bryologist , Mar., 1907, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Mar., 1907), pp. 21-23. American Bryological and Lichenological Society.
^Culberson, Chicita F. (1970), Supplement to "Chemical and Botanical Guide to Lichen Products" The Bryologist , Summer, 1970, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Summer, 1970) p. 257, American Bryological and Lichenological Society