areoles scattered, ~round, pale brown, cracked, faintly white pruinose, strongly convex, C+r; cortex ~80um, POL+, too densely inspersed to see structure; apothecia strongly roughened, weakly dilated; hymenium ~120um, I+b-r but too dark to be sure; subhymenium ~70um, I+b; parathecium ~25um below, ~50-70um above and separating a bit from cortex; paraphyses ~1.5um below; spores many, ~2.5-4x1.5-2um