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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2007
Aspicilia excavata Thor & Timdal sp. nov. is described and reported from Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is usually sterile and mainly characterized by an indeterminate thallus composed of small, white pruinose squamules excavated from the margin by dark brown to black soralia. The species grows on calcareous rocks and mortar, mainly on steep to overhanging faces.