areoles scattered, ~round, strongly convex, broadly attached to gomphate, pale below, pale shiny brown above, cracked and plicate, C+r; apothecia very rough and divided in center of areoles; cortex ~60-100um, epicortex ~5-15um, paraplect with globose cells ~5um, POL+ strong; algae jagged and interrupted; hymenium ~125-150um, I+b-r; subhymenium ~70um, I+b persisting; parathecium I- but indistinct above esp. because of all the divisions between apothecia; paraphyses ~1.5-2um below; spores many, ~3-4x1.5-2um