Thallus squamulose, glaucus green, ear-shaped squamules with a sorediate prominent margin. Lower surface tomentose, White, without rhizines.
Reproduction: Mainly asexual, by soredia. Perithecia very rare.
Photobiont: Chlorococcoid.
Spot tests: Negative.
Chemistry: Zeorin.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan, except Antarctica.
Position in classification: Verrucariaceae, Verrucariales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
In the past was classified as a basidiolichen, and the observed perithecia attributed to the parasitic fungus Sphaerulina chlorococca. In 2010 Muggia, Gueidain an Grube, employed molecular phylogenetics and classify N. pulchella within the family Verrucariaceae.
Locality data:
Ecology: On moss on a oak tree, next to the rives Riu de Conques.
Altitude: 900 m.
Location: Finca Bonrepòs, Gavet de la Conca (Pallars Jussà).
Climate: Western Pre-Pyrenean Mediterranean climate (Tmm=11ºC, P=700 mm).
Etymology of names: The genus name Normandina was given in honour of the Norwegian botanist and physician, Johannes Musæus Norman (1823–1903), the epithet pulchella, from Latin and means "beautiful little".
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