A fruticose species with a yellow thallus that is long and pendant and may be flattened at the axils and near the base.
Cortex: K+- faint yellow; medulla: C-, K-, UV+ ice-blue
In Scotland, Alectoria sarmentosa subsp. sarmentosa is a species that is restricted to relict Caledonian pinewoods in the Highlands where it grows on the bark and lignum of Scots pine and old birch. BLS distribution map
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