Sticta Amplissima Lichen
Sticta amplissima, (Scop.) Mass.Habit and habitat.-On fallen trunks and trees.
Vegetative organs (thallus). Extending over quite large areas, in an ever-widening circle appressed to the surface on which it grows; leathery, smooth, becoming wrinkled with age; ashengreen above; tawny, and covered with short, soft hairs (villous) beneath; the lobes elongated, wide, usually compacted, or narrow and repeatedly lobed.
Fruiting organs (apothecia). -Scattered, sometimes quite large, the disk chestnut; the margin entire and inflexed.
Name.-The specific name amplissima, the Latin for "very extensive," refers to its habit of growth.