Auricular

auricular (adjective; synonym: auriculiform) – ear-shaped; hooded but shallow, similar to lip-shaped (labriform), but only referring to the upper half of a lip; like one half of a shell, e. g., auricular soralia. resemble labriform soralia but do not form between the upper and lower cortex, but instead on the shallow underside of a down-turned lobe.

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