A distinctive, fruticose species with a brown-black thallus that can be up to 2 cm high. The flattened branches may be sparingly branched. When present, the (sub)terminal apothecia have large, shiny black discs.
In Scotland, Cornicularia normoerica is locally common on well-lit and exposed, coarse-grained rocks in the Highlands. BLS distribution map
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