Lecanora jamesii forme fertile.
The fertile form is rare and localized, the apothecia resemble those of Lecanora chlarotera, 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter, flat disc, more or less buried in the thallus and rarely very sessile, flat disc, greenish, brown-orange, red-brown, pale pink-brown, which can become dark brown and even blackish brown, margin at first crenate and sorediate then almost smooth. Spores elliptical, simple, 10-14 x 6-8 µm. In very humid oceanic forests.